Dai

Pronunciation

 * Homophones: die, dye, Di, daye
 * Homophones: die, dye, Di, daye
 * Homophones: die, dye, Di, daye

Proper noun

 * , a diminutive of David.

Etymology 2
From the romanization of the, borrowed from a Tai language. . Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) An ethnic group of China, one of the 55 officially-recognized minorities.
 * 2) A member of the ethnic group.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Kazakh: дай
 * Lao:
 * Lü: ᦺᦑ
 * Marathi: टाइ
 * Nuosu: ꄅꋇ
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan:
 * Zhuang: Daicuz

Etymology 3
From the romanization of the, likely from a presinitic name for the area or its people.

Proper noun

 * 1)  A small northern state of ancient China.
 * 2)  Various other kingdoms and princely appenages of imperial China named for the ancient state.
 * 3)  A prefecture of Shanxi under imperial China.
 * 4) A county of Xinzhou Prefecture in Shanxi, China.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Japanese:

Etymology 4
From the romanization of the  pronunciation of.

Statistics

 * According to the 2010 United States Census, Dai is the 7,091st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4,723 individuals. Dai is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (93.82%) individuals.

Etymology
From, from. Cognates include 🇨🇬, which has a similar irregular plural form.

Etymology
From, from. Cognates include 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) day