dabai

See also: dabaí, dàbái, and dǎbài

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dabai

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Chinese 大白 (dàbái). Coined during the COVID-19 pandemic when they were ubiquitous in China.

Noun edit

dabai (plural dabai)

An official of the Chinese government wearing a white biosafety suit.

Etymology 2 edit

From Malay

Noun edit

dabai (plural dabais)

(botany) Sarawak olive (Canarium odontophyllum)

Rohingya edit

Etymology edit

Ultimately from Arabic دَوَاء (dawāʔ).

Noun edit

dabai

medicine

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