Dayee

“Good day ′Un!” he said to the yardman. “Day-ee, Jasper!” replied 'Un. “Day-ee, Silas! How′s things?”

1855, North-Western Provinces, India, Selections from the Records of Government, Volume 3, page 184, The custom now actually and thoroughly established, and daily practised in these villages, is the following : — On the occasion of a birth in a Thakoor family, the village dayee is summoned, and after her services have been completed, she reports the occurrence to her relative, the bullahur ; he informs the chowkeedar, who causes the necessary entry to be made in the putwaree′s diary, and, if the birth be of a girl, reports the event to the thannah.