dey

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Alternative spellings 1.2.2 Noun 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.4 References 1.5 Anagrams 2 Nigerian Pidgin 2.1 Alternative spellings 2.2 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪ

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English dǣġe, from Germanic *daigjōn. Cognate with Swedish deja; compare dairy, dough, lady.

[edit] Alternative spellings

• daie, deie, deye

[edit] Noun

dey (plural deys)

1. (obsolete) A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid.

[edit] Etymology 2

From French dey, from Turkish dayı.

[edit] Noun

dey (plural deys)

1. The title given to the ruler of the Regency of Algiers (now Algeria) under the Ottoman Empire.

[edit] References

• dey in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “dey” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of dey
• dye, d'ye

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[edit] Nigerian Pidgin

[edit] Alternative spellings

• deh

[edit] Verb

dey

1. is, are