Dai

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dai"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophones: die, dye, Di, daye

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Dai

1. A male given name from Welsh, a Welsh diminutive of David.

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 傣 (Dǎi), borrowed from a Tai language. Doublet of Tai and Thai. Compare Thai ไท (tai).

Noun

Dai (plural Dais or Dai)

1. An ethnic group of China, one of the 55 officially-recognized minorities.
2. A member of the ethnic group.

Translations

an ethnic group of China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傣族 (zh) (dǎizú)

• Kazakh: дай (dai)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Lü: ᦺᦑ (tay)
• Marathi: टाइ (ṭāi)
• Nuosu: ꄅꋇ (die cup)
• Thai: ไท (th) (tai)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Zhuang: Daicuz

Etymology 3

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 代 (Dài), likely from a presinitic name for the area or its people.

Alternative forms

• Tai (Wade–Giles)

Proper noun

Dai

1. (historical) A small northern state of ancient China.
2. (historical) Various other kingdoms and princely appenages of imperial China named for the ancient state.
3. (historical) A prefecture of Shanxi under imperial China.
4. A county of Xinzhou Prefecture in Shanxi, China.
   • 2004 July 30, Josephine Ma, “Coal miners face long, painful death”, in South China Morning Post‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 November 2023‎^[2]:

     Tian Yongsheng from Shanxi province is desperate to find a way to relieve the chest pain which has haunted him for years. […]
     He is well aware what will happen if he is not treated. Many of his neighbours in Dai county - all coal miners - have died of the disease after suffering great pain.
     'In the five villages [in Dai county] that I knew, all men from 18 to 50 suffer pneumoconiosis,' said Mr Tian. 'Among 100 coal miners, 100 have pneumoconiosis.

   • 2015, S. A. Smith, “Redemptive Religious Societies and the Communist State, 1949 to the 1980s”, in Jeremy Brown, Matthew D. Johnson, editors, Maoism at the Grassroots: Everyday Life in China's Era of High Socialism‎^[3], Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 350:

     One of the most remarkable features of the redemptive societies was their continuing ability to draw members of the CCP and the Youth League into their ranks. In 1950 in Shanxi, 18 percent of the 3,000 Communists in Dai County were members of the Yiguandao, which had affiliates in 74 percent of rural Party branches.

   • 2018 August 2, Christina Zhao, “Great Wall of China Collapse: Poor Renovation Works And Heavy Rainfall Blamed”, in Newsweek‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 August 2018‎^[5]:

     A northern section of the Great Wall of China collapsed after a period of heavy rain last month, with many blaming poor-quality renovations for the deterioration of the iconic landmark.
     The damaged section of the historical wall is located near Yanmen Pass, in Dai County, in the Shanxi province.

Synonyms

• (prefecture, prefectural seat): Daizhou, Taichow, Tai-chou
• (county, county seat): Daixian, Tai-hsien

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 代 (zh) (Dài)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Dai Xian”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 953, column 2

Etymology 4

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 戴 (Dài).

Proper noun

Dai

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dai is the 7,091^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4,723 individuals. Dai is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (93.82%) individuals.

Anagrams

• I'da, Dia, IAD, Ida., Adi, dia-, -iad, I'd-a, DIA, AID, aid, IDA, Ida

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian dei, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz. Cognates include West Frisian dei, which has a similar irregular plural form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /daɪ̯/

Noun

Dai c (plural Daagen)

1. (Sylt) day

Saterland Frisian

Times of day

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Etymology

From Old Frisian dei, from Proto-West Germanic *dag. Cognates include West Frisian dei and German Tag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daːi̯/
• Hyphenation: Dai
• Rhymes: -aːi̯

Noun

Dai m (plural Dege)

1. day

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “Dai”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN