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{{also|Appendix:Variations of "dy"}}
==Translingual==

===Symbol===
{{mul-symbol}}

# {{lb|mul|element symbol}} Symbol for [[dysprosium]].

{{C|mul|Lanthanide series chemical elements}}

==English==

===Etymology===
From {{der|en|km|ឌី}}.

===Proper noun===
{{en-proper noun|Dys}}

# {{surname|en|from=Khmer}}.

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=dy|yd.|Y/D|yd}}

==Cebuano==

===Etymology===
From {{der|ceb|nan-hbl|-}} {{zh-l|李|tr=Lí}}, via {{bor|ceb|es|Dy}}, with the initial ⟨'''L'''-⟩ changed to ⟨'''D'''-⟩ due to '''[[w:Voiced dental, alveolar and postalveolar lateral approximants|/l/]]'''~'''[[w:Voiced dental and alveolar plosives|/d/]]''' [[allophony]] when the proceeding vowel is either, [[w:Close front unrounded vowel|[i]]], [[w:Close front unrounded vowel|[e]]], or [[w:Close back rounded vowel|[u]]] in [[Hokkien]].<ref>{{R:nan:Douglas|D.|99}}</ref><ref>{{cite-journal|last=Van der Loon |first=Piet |year=1967 |title=The Manila Incunabula and Early Hokkien Studies, Part 2 |url=http://www2.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/file/1745sWSSKnQ.pdf |journal=Asia Major |series=New Series |en|volume=13 |page=113}}</ref>

===Proper noun===
{{head|ceb|proper noun}}

# {{surname|ceb}}

===References===
<references/>

==Central Mazahua==

===Pronunciation===
*{{IPA|maz|/dz/}}

===Letter===
{{head|maz|letter|lower case|dy}}
# {{ng|A letter of the [[Mazahua]] alphabet.}}

==Tagalog==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|tl|Dee|Lee|Li}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|tl|nan-hbl|-}} {{zh-l|李|tr=Lí}}, via {{bor|tl|es|Dy}}, with the initial {{angbr|L}} changed to {{angbr|D}} due to {{IPAfont|/}}{{IPAlink|l}}{{IPAfont|/}}~{{IPAfont|/}}{{IPAlink|d}}{{IPAfont|/}} [[allophony]] when the proceeding vowel is either, {{IPAfont|[}}{{IPAlink|i}}{{IPAfont|]}}, {{IPAfont|[}}{{IPAlink|e}}{{IPAfont|]}}, or {{IPAfont|[}}{{IPAlink|u}}{{IPAfont|]}} in [[Hokkien]].<ref>{{R:nan:Douglas|D.|99}}</ref><ref>{{cite-journal|last=Van der Loon |first=Piet |year=1967 |title=The Manila Incunabula and Early Hokkien Studies, Part 2 |url=http://www2.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/file/1745sWSSKnQ.pdf |journal=Asia Major |series=New Series |en|volume=13 |page=113}}</ref> Compare {{cog|id|Lie}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{tl-pr}}

===Proper noun===
{{tl-proper noun|b=+}}

# {{surname|tl|Chinese Filipino|from=Hokkien}}

====Statistics====
* {{surname-philippines-forebears|name=Dy|rank=473<sup>rd</sup>|count=17,842}}

===See also===
* {{l|tl|Sy}}
* {{l|tl|Ty}}

===References===
<references/>

==Xhosa==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|xh|/d̠̥ʲʱ/}}

===Letter===
{{head|xh|letter|lower case|dy}}

# {{ng|A digraph in [[Xhosa]] orthography.}}