dayee

Interjection

 * 1)  An ellipsis of good day.

Noun

 * 1)  midwife
 * 2) * 1855, North-Western Provinces, India, Selections from the Records of Government, Volume 3, |%22day-ee%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=KTo3T9rlN8j4mAWUhoSCAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22dayee%22|%22day-ee%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 184,
 * 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 informs the chowkeedar, who causes the necessary entry to be made in the putwaree′s diary, and, if the birth be of a girl, reports the event to the thannah.