Where does “dayı” come from?
dayı (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish دایی, from Persian دایی — maternal uncle.
dayı (Turkish): maternal uncle, one's mother's brother; dey;...
Definitions
- maternal uncle, one's mother's brother; dey;...
Ancestry of “dayı”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | دایی | — |
| 2 | Persian | دایی | maternal uncle |
Words derived from “dayı”