धाय

Hindi

Alternative forms

• धाई (dhāī)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀥𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻 (dhattī), from Sanskrit धात्री (dhātrī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱɑːj/, [d̪ʱäːj]

Noun

धाय • (dhāy) f (Urdu spelling دھایْ)

1. wet nurse
2. foster mother
3. midwife

Declension

Declension of धाय (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	धाय dhāy	धायें dhāyẽ
oblique	धाय dhāy	धायों dhāyõ
vocative	धाय dhāy	धायो dhāyo

References

• Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022) “धाय”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Hindi Dictionaries]