Dai

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

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Dai

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

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

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.

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

• Tai (Wade–Giles)

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, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 November 2023‎:

     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.

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

     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.

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

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

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

Dai

1. A surname.

• 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.

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

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

IPA^(key): /daɪ̯/

Dai c (plural Daagen)

1. (Sylt) day

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

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

Dai m (plural Dege)

1. day

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