As a Hindi name
धाय · noun · feminine
वह स्त्री जो किसी दूसरे के बालक को दूध पिलाने और उसका पालन पोषण करने के लिये नियुक्त हो । धात्री । दाई — Śabdasāgara
धाय · noun · masculine
धवई का पेड़ — Śabdasāgara
धाय · dhāʼe · s.f.
Sound, noise, cry, &c. ( = dhāh, q.v.) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 540
धाय · feminine
wet nurse; foster mother; midwife
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit धात्री — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- Sanskrit धात्री (dhātrī) Prakrit 𑀥𑀸𑀈 (dhāī) Hindi धाय Inherited from Prakrit धाई (dhāī), from Sanskrit धात्री (dhātrī).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
dhātrī f. ‘female supporter’, a nurse, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
midwife, Hit. iv, 61
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
having, possessing &c. (also -ka, )
Verified derivationMultiple readings (11)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dhāya" is the dative of "dha" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "dhāya" is the dative of "dhā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
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Dictionary citations
dhāya mfn. having, possessing &c. (also -ka, Pāṇ. vii, 3, 33, Kāś.)
dhāya m. layer, stratum, Kauś.
dhāya, -dhāyaka a. Having, possessing, holding, sustaining, &c.
dhāya mfn. (-yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) Having, possessing, or who has or possesses. E. dhā to have, ṇa aff.
1. dha aspirate of the preceding letter,
2. dha mf(ā)n. (√ 1. dhā; cf. 2. dhā) ifc. placing, putting
dhā f. in 2. tiro-dhā
dur-dhā (qq.vv.)
Alternative readings
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