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Dai
Definitions
- 1 A diminutive of the male given name David, from Welsh.
- 2 A small northern state of ancient China. historical
- 3 A surname.
- 4 Initialism of Dragon Age: Inquisition. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang
- 5 Various other kingdoms and princely appenages of imperial China named for the ancient state. historical
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- 6 A prefecture of Shanxi under imperial China. historical
- 7 A county of Xinzhou Prefecture in Shanxi, China.
"Tian Yongsheng from Shanxi province is desperate to find a way to relieve the chest pain which has haunted him for years.[…] He is well aware what will happen if he is not treated. Many of his neighbours in Dai county - all coal miners - have died of the disease after suffering great pain. 'In the five villages [in Dai county] that I knew, all men from 18 to 50 suffer pneumoconiosis,' said Mr Tian. 'Among 100 coal miners, 100 have pneumoconiosis."
- 1 A wet nurse; a midwife. Bangladesh, India, North, Pakistan
"Kausalya, she learnt, was his dai, the one who had breast-fed and looked after him."
- 2 An ethnic group of China, one of the 55 officially-recognized minorities.
- 3 A member of the ethnic group.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi दाई (dāī), from Sanskrit.
Borrowed from Welsh Dai.
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 傣 (Dǎi), borrowed from a Tai language. Doublet of Tai and Thai. Compare Thai ไท (tai).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 代 (Dài), likely from a presinitic name for the area or its people.
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 戴 (Dài).
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