Dai
Meanings
Proper Noun
- A male given name from Welsh, a Welsh diminutive of David.
- A small northern state of ancient China.
- Various other kingdoms and princely appenages of imperial China named for the ancient state.
- A prefecture of Shanxi under imperial China.
- A county of Xinzhou Prefecture in Shanxi, China.
Noun
- An ethnic group of China, one of the 55 officially-recognized minorities.
- A member of the ethnic group.
Related
Similar words
- Daizhou, Taichow, Tai-chou
- Daixian, Tai-hsien
Origin
- From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 傣, borrowed from a Tai language. Tai, and Thai. Compare Thai ไท.
- From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 代, likely from a presinitic name for the area or its people.
- From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 戴.
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