دی

See also: دیـ, دي, and ـدی

Moroccan Arabic

Verb

دی • (edda) I

1. alternative spelling of ادى (edda)

Pashto

Etymology

From Proto-Pathan *day < *dáγ, from an ancestral Middle Iranian form *idág, from Proto-Iranian *Haytákah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪aɪ/

Pronoun

دی • (day)

1. he (visible masculine singular third person)

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠dīk⁠/), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰyás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰyés.

Adverb

Dari	دی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ди

دی • (di)

1. (archaic) yester

Derived terms

• دیـ (“yester-”)

Etymology 2

Middle Persian ddw’ (Day, “Creator”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈdaj/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äj]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äj]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪äj]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪äj]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ej]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äj]

Readings
Classical reading?	day
Dari reading?	day
Iranian reading?	dey
Tajik reading?	day

Proper noun

دی • (day / dey) (Tajik spelling дай)

1. Dey (the tenth solar month of the Persian calendar)

Noun

دی • (dey)

1. (dialectal, Bushehr, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) mother, mama

Coordinate terms

Persian monthsedit

• فروردین (farwardīn / farvardin)
• اردیبهشت (urdībihišt / ordibehešt)
• خرداد (xurdād / xordâd)
• تیر (tīr / tir)
• مرداد (murdād / mordâd)
• شهریور (šahrēwar / šahrivar)
• مهر (mihr / mehr)
• آبان (ābān / âbân)
• آذر (āzar / âzar)
• دی (day / dey)
• بهمن (bahman)
• اسفند (isfand / esfand)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English dee.

Noun

دی • (di)

1. Transliteration of the name of the Latin-script letter d in English and other European languages.

Derived terms

• دی‌ان‌ای (di-en-ey)

Punjabi

Postposition

دی • (dī) (Gurmukhi spelling ਦੀ)

1. direct/oblique feminine singular of دا (dā)

Shina

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diː/

Noun

دی (dī)

1. daughter