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dayees

dayees is the plural of dayee.

Meaning of dayee

Noun

dayee (plural dayees)

  1. (India, rare) midwife
    • The custom now actually and thoroughly established, and daily practised in these villages, is the following : — On the occasion of a birth in a Thakoor family, the village dayee is summoned, and after her services have been completed, she reports the occurrence to her relative, the bullahur ; he...1855, North-Western Provinces, India, Selections from the Records of Government, Volume 3, page 184

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What is dayees the plural of?
Dayees is the plural of dayee.

Words near dayees in the dictionary

  1. daydress
  2. daydresses
  3. daye
  4. dayed
  5. dayee
  6. dayees
  7. dayenu
  8. dayer
  9. dayereh
  10. dayerehs
  11. dayers

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