dey

Meanings

Noun

• A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid.
• The ruler of the Regency of Algiers (now Algeria) under the Ottoman Empire.

Pronoun

• Pronunciation spelling of there

Origin

• From Middle English deye, deie, daie, from Old English dǣġe ("maker of bread; baker; dairy-maid"), from Proto-Germanic *daigijǭ ("kneader of bread, maid"), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- ("to knead, form, build"). Cognate with Swedish deja, Icelandic deigja ("dairy-maid"); compare dairy, dough, lady.
• From French dey, from Ottoman Turkish دایی (modern Turkish dayı).