दाइ
Nepali edit
Etymology edit
Compare Nepali दाज्यू (dājyū)[1].
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
दाइ • (dāi) m
- elder brother
- Synonym: दाजु (dāju)
- used to address any male person older than oneself
References edit
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931) “दाइ”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner
Further reading edit
- “दाइ”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś)[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
- Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “दाइ”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar