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Dayı

Dayı

See also: dayi, Dayi, and dayı

Turkish

Proper noun

Dayı

  1. A male given name

dayı

dayı

See also: Dayı, Dayi, and dayi

Crimean Tatar

Noun

dayı

  1. maternal uncle, brother of mother

Declension


Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dajɯ]
  • Hyphenation: da‧yı

Etymology 1

From Old Turkic [script needed] (tay, tagay), from Proto-Turkic *tāy, *dāj- (uncle).

Noun

dayı (definite accusative dayıyı, plural dayılar)

  1. maternal uncle, one's mother's brother
  2. dey
Declension
See also

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *daja-gu.

Adjective

dayı

  1. (dialectal) good, nice