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daya

daya is the alternative form of dhye.

Meaning of dhye

Noun

dhye (plural dhyes)

  1. (India, obsolete) A wet-nurse.

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Proper noun capitalized: Daya

Daya

  1. A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Forms of daya

pluraldayas

Origin of daya

Borrowed from Sanskrit दया (dayā, “pity, mercy, compassion”).

Questions about daya

What does daya mean?
Daya means a female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
What is daya the alternative form of?
Daya is the alternative form of dhye.
What part of speech is daya?
Daya is a proper noun.

Words near daya in the dictionary

  1. day-watches
  2. day-work
  3. day-worker
  4. day-year principle
  5. day/night cricket
  6. daya
  7. Dayabhaga
  8. Dayak
  9. Dayak land
  10. Dayaks
  11. Dayal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: daya (page history and authors); Daya (page history and authors); dhye (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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