dayik

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *daHyaka-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to nurse, suckle”). Cognate with Persian دایه (dâye, “nurse, foster mother”), Old Armenian դայեակ (dayeak).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑːˈjɪk/

Noun

dayik f (Arabic spelling دایک)

1. mother

Related terms

• dê

References

• Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2003), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 447: “*dāi̯a-ka-”