dey
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[edit] English
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- Rhymes: -eɪ
[edit] Etymology 1
Old English dǣġe, from Germanic *daigjōn. Cognate with Swedish deja; compare dairy, dough, lady.
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dey (plural deys)
[edit] Etymology 2
From French dey, from Turkish dayı.
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dey (plural deys)
- 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
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