دایی

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Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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A Turkic borrowing: compare Turkish dayı, Azerbaijani dayı.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Readings
Iranian reading? dâyi
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

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Dari ماما
Iranian Persian دایی
Tajik тағо

دایی (dâyi)

  1. (chiefly Iran) maternal uncle (mother's brother)
    Synonym: (Dari) ماما (mâmâ)
    Coordinate terms: عمو ('amu), کاکا (kâkâ), کاکو (kâko)

Descendants

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  • Khalaj: dâyı

See also

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  1. عمه ('amme) (paternal aunt)
  2. خاله (xâle) (maternal aunt)

References

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  1. ^ Doerfer, Gerhard (1963) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 16)‎[1] (in German), volume I, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, § 1176, page 196
  2. ^ Hassandoust, Mohammad (2004/2005) Bahman Sarkarati, editor, Farhang-e riše-šenâxti-ye zabân-e Farsi [An Etymological Dictionary of the Persian Language] (in Persian), volume II: P-D, Tehran: Academy of Persian Language and Literature, →ISBN, page 1264

Further reading

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