dai
/dʌɪ
/noun (plural dais) Indian
A midwife or wet nurse.Her family sent for Sitawati, the village dai (midwife)....
- Following the tradition of her grandmother and mother, she served the community as a dai ben (a midwife) and was well known for her skill and care.
- And they stopped paying the dai even the little they used to.
Origin
From Urdu, from Persian dāyah.
- livener
- liveness
- live oak
- live off (or on)
- live off (or on) the fat of the land
- live off the land
- live one
- live one's own life
- live on one's nerves (or one's nerve ends)
- live out of a suitcase
- liver
- live rail
- liverance
- 'liverance
- liver-brown
- liver chestnut
- liver complaint
- liverd
- livered
- live register
- liver fluke
- liver-grown
- liver-hearted
- liveried
- livering