Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• դահեակ ‎(daheak)

Noun

դայեակ • ‎(dayeak)

1. nurse
2. wet-nurse
3. midwife
4. tutor

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: դայակ ‎(dayak)
• Middle Armenian: դայեկ ‎(dayek)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “դայեակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “դայեակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “դայեակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 233