Dai may refer to:

Names

Dai (given name) Dai is a Welsh masculine given name, a hypocorism of Dafydd or David (given name), David, as well as a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * Dai Ailian (1916–2006), Chinese dancer * Dai Andrews (born 1977), Americ ...

, a Welsh or Japanese masculine given name *

Dai (surname) Dai is the pinyin romanization of Chinese, romanization of the Chinese surname written with the Chinese character . It is romanized as Tai in Wade-Giles and in Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanisation. Dai is the list of common Chinese surnames, ...

(戴), a Chinese surname *

Bảo Đại Bảo Đại (, vi-hantu, , , 22 October 191331 July 1997), born Nguyễn Phúc (Phước) Vĩnh Thụy (), was the 13th and final emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty, the last ruling dynasty of Vietnam. From 1926 to 1945, he was ''de jure'' em ...

(保大), Emperor of Vietnam from 1926 to 1945

Places and regimes

Dai Commandery Dai Commandery was a commandery (''jùn'') of the state of Zhao established BC and of northern imperial Chinese dynasties until the time of the Emperor Wen of the Sui dynasty (r. AD581–604). It occupied lands in what is now Hebei, Shanxi, ...

, a commandery of the state of Zhao and in early imperial China *

Dai County Dai County, also known by its Chinese name Daixian, is a county in Xinzhou, Shanxi Province, China. Its county seat at Shangguan is also known as Daixian. The county has an area of and had a population of 178,870 at the time of the 2020 c ...

, in Xinzhou, Shanxi, China * Dai (Eighteen Kingdoms), a short-lived state during the Eighteen Kingdoms period in Chinese history * Dai (Han dynasty), a realm and title during the Han dynasty *

Dai (Sixteen Kingdoms) Dai, also rendered as Tai and sometimes known in historiography as the Tuoba Dai (), was a dynastic state of China ruled by the Tuoba clan of Xianbei descent, during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms (although it is not listed as one of the 16). ...

, a Xianbei-led dynastic state during the Sixteen Kingdoms era of Chinese history *

Dai (Spring and Autumn period) Dai may refer to: Names * Dai (given name), a Welsh or Japanese masculine given name * Dai (surname) (戴), a Chinese surname * Bảo Đại (保大), Emperor of Vietnam from 1926 to 1945 Places and regimes * Dai Commandery, a commandery of ...

, a state during the Spring and Autumn period in Chinese history * Dai (Warring States period), a short-lived state during the Warring States period in Chinese history

People and language

Da'i al-Mutlaq (; pl. , ) is the most senior spiritual rank and office in Tayyibi Isma'ilism. The Da'i al-Mutlaq has headed the Tayyibi community since the occultation (Islam), seclusion of the 21st Tayyibi Imamate in Ismaili doctrine, Imam, at-Tayyib Abu'l-Q ...

, or Da'i, a type of religious leader in Islam *

Da'i A da'i (, ) is generally someone who engages in Dawah, the act of inviting people to Islam. See also * Dawah * Da'i al-Mutlaq, 'the absolute (unrestricted) missionary' * Hujja * List of converts to Islam The following is a list of notabl ...

, person engaging in Dawah, the act of inviting people to Islam *

Dai language (disambiguation) Dai language may refer to: Tai languages *The Tai languages in general *Dai Zhuang language, Dàizhuàngyǔ, 岱壮语, spoken primarily in Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan, China * Tai Dam language, Dǎinǎyǔ, 傣哪语; Dǎidānyǔ, 傣担语, spoken ...

Dai people The Dai people ( Burmese: ရှမ်းလူမျိုး; ; ; ; , ; , ; zh, c=, p=Dǎizú) are several Tai-speaking ethnic groups living in the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture and the Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture ...

, an ethnic minority of China * Dai (Yindu), or Daai Chin, an ethnic tribe of Chin, Myanmar

Other uses

Dai (cryptocurrency) DAI (or DAI, formerly Sai or SAI) is a stablecoin token on the Ethereum blockchain which uses smart contracts designed to control supply to keep its value as close to one United States dollar as possible. DAI is maintained and regulated by Maker ...

, a cryptocurrency-backed stablecoin * DAI Personal Computer, an early home computer from Belgium *

Mercedes-Benz Group Mercedes-Benz Group AG (formerly Daimler-Benz, DaimlerChrysler, and Daimler) is a German multinational automotive company headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is one of the world's leading car manufacturers. Daimler-B ...

's former Frankfurt Stock Exchange stock symbol * ''

De Administrando Imperio (; ) is a Greek-language work written by the 10th-century Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII. It is a domestic and foreign policy manual for the use of Constantine's son and successor, the Emperor Romanos II. It is a prominent example of Byz ...

'', work written by the 10th-century Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII * ''

Deutsches Archäologisches Institut The German Archaeological Institute (, ''DAI'') is a research institute in the field of archaeology (and other related fields). The DAI is a "federal agency" under the Federal Foreign Office of Germany. Status, tasks and goals The Institute c ...

'', or German Archaeological Institute, an archaeological institute operated by the German ministry of foreign affairs *

DAI Global DAI Global, LLC is a Private company, privately held development company with corporate offices in more than a dozen countries, including in Bethesda, Maryland, in the United States; London and Apsley, Hertfordshire, in the United Kingdom; Abu ...

, an international development firm *

Diamond Aircraft Industries Diamond Aircraft Industries is a manufacturer of general aviation aircraft and motor gliders, based in Wiener Neustadt, Lower Austria, Austria. It has been a subsidiary of the Chinese company Wanfeng Aviation since 2017. It is the third lar ...

, an aircraft manufacturer *

Diffuse axonal injury Diffuse axonal injury (DAI) is a brain injury in which scattered lesions occur over a widespread area in white matter tracts as well as grey matter. DAI is one of the most common and devastating types of traumatic brain injury and is a major ca ...

, a type of traumatic brain injury *

Digital Author Identifier The Digital Author Identifier (DAI) was a Dutch initiative to create an person identifier for researchers to (1) enhance linkability of scholarly communication and other types of output to a single author and (2) to disambiguate between authors wit ...

, a unique number for an author in the Dutch research system * Direct audio input, a port used in hearing aids and hearing instruments *

Distributed artificial intelligence Distributed artificial intelligence (DAI) also called Decentralized Artificial IntelligenceDemazeau, Yves, and J-P. Müller, eds. Decentralized Ai. Vol. 2. Elsevier, 1990. is a subfield of artificial intelligence research dedicated to the devel ...

, a subfield of artificial intelligence *

Do As Infinity Do As Infinity is a Japanese pop and rock band that formed in 1999 with three members: vocalist Tomiko Van, guitarist Ryo Owatari, and guitarist and composer Dai Nagao. The band's name is sometimes abbreviated as DAI, alluding to the fact tha ...

, a Japanese band * '' Dragon Age: Inquisition'', a video game by BioWare *

Dynamic ARP Inspection ArpON (ARP handler inspection) is a computer software project to improve network security. It has attracted interest among network managers and academic researchers and is frequently cited as a means of protecting against ARP-based attacks. Moti ...

, a security protocol {{Disambiguation, geo