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.
- paysagist
- paysan
- paysanne
- paysayg
- Pays Basque
- pay scale
- Pays de la Loire
- pay sergeant
- payshi
- payshun dock
- payslip
- pay someone back
- pay someone back in their own coin
- pay someone off
- pay something back
- pay something in
- pay something off
- pay something out (or pay out)
- pay spine
- pay station
- pay structure
- payt.
- pay telephone
- pay television
- pay through the nose