midwife meaning in Marathi
दाई dāī
/ˈmɪd.waɪf/
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obsolete/ˈmɪd.(w)ɪf/
midwife in Marathi: दाई (dāī). In English, midwife means a person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician.
Marathi words for midwife
- person who assists women in childbirth
- दाई dāī
English meaning of midwife
- noun A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician.
- noun Someone who assists in bringing about some result or project.
- verb To act as a midwife.
- verb To facilitate the emergence of.
midwife in a sentence
- A hundred years ago, a midwife would bring the baby into the world - going to a hospital to deliver a baby was either impossible or unheard of.
- Modernly, a hospital midwife is usually a registered nurse.
Synonyms of midwife
midwife in other languages
- midwife in Hindi
- midwife in Tamil
- midwife in Urdu
- midwife in Bengali
- midwife in Telugu
- midwife in Malayalam
- midwife in Kannada
- midwife in Punjabi
- midwife in Gujarati
- midwife in Odia
- midwife in Sanskrit
- midwife in Nepali
- midwife in Pashto
- midwife in Tagalog
- midwife in Arabic
- midwife in Malay
- midwife in Indonesian
- midwife in Thai
- midwife in Vietnamese
- midwife in Myanmar
Questions about midwife in Marathi
- What is the meaning of midwife in Marathi?
- Midwife in Marathi is दाई (dāī).
- midwife चा मराठी अर्थ काय आहे?
- Midwife: दाई (dāī).
- What does midwife mean in English?
- Midwife means a person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: midwife (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Marathi words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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