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dayee

intj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

intj

Meaning 1

An ellipsis of good day.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, dated

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noun

Meaning 2

Pronunciation spelling of day.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 3

midwife

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: India, rare

Examples

  • 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.

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