دایہ

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian دایه (dāya).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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دایَہ (dāyam (Hindi spelling दाया)

  1. midwife, nurse

Further reading

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  • دایہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • دایہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “دايہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.