Dai may refer to:

Names

* Dai (given name), a Welsh or Japanese masculine given name * Dai (surname) (戴), a Chinese surname

Places and regimes

* Dai Commandery, a commandery of the state of Zhao and in early imperial China * Dai County, in Xinzhou, Shanxi, China *

Dai (Eighteen Kingdoms) Prince or King of Dai was an ancient and medieval Chinese title. King of Dai is sometimes used to describe the heads of the Baidi state of Dai north of the Zhou Kingdom that was conquered by the Zhao clan of Jin. It was used as the title for th ...

, a short-lived state during the Eighteen Kingdoms period in Chinese history *

Dai (Han dynasty) Prince or King of Dai was an ancient and medieval Chinese title. King of Dai is sometimes used to describe the heads of the Baidi state of Dai north of the Zhou Kingdom that was conquered by the Zhao clan of Jin. It was used as the title for th ...

, a realm and title during the Han dynasty * Dai (Sixteen Kingdoms), a Xianbei-led dynastic state during the Sixteen Kingdoms era of Chinese history *

Dai (Spring and Autumn period) Dai was a state which existed in northern Hebei during the Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese history. Its eponymous capital was located north of the Zhou Kingdom in what is now Yu County. It was apparently established by the people known t ...

, a state during the Spring and Autumn period in Chinese history *

Dai (Warring States period) Dai was a short-lived state from 228 BC to 222 BC. during the Warring States period of Chinese history. Prince Zhao Jia, older brother of King Youmiu of Zhao, fled with the remnant forces to Dai Commandery after the conquest of Zhao and w ...

, a short-lived state during the Warring States period in Chinese history

People and language

Da'i al-Mutlaq The term Da'i al-Mutlaq ( ar, الداعي المطلق, al-Dā'ī al-Mutlaq; pl. , ) literally meaning 'the absolute, or unrestricted, missionary', is the most senior spiritual rank and office in Tayyibi Isma'ilism. The Da'i al-Mutlaq has heade ...

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

Da'i A da'i ( ar, داعي, dāʿī, inviter, caller, ) 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" (Arabic: الداعي المطلق) * ...

, person engageing 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 b ...

Dai people The Dai people ( Burmese: ရှမ်းလူမျိုး; khb, ᨴᩱ/ᨴᩱ᩠ᨿ; lo, ໄຕ; th, ไท; shn, တႆး, ; , ; ) refers to several Tai-speaking ethnic groups living in the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture and t ...

, an ethnic minority of China *

Dai (Yindu) The Daai are an ethnic group living in Chin State, Myanmar. The Daai consist of 32 Chin tribes, which have been registered by the Government of Burma since 1890. The recent Military Regime’s census mentions the Daai tribe as the 62nd of 135 ...

, or Daai Chin, an ethnic tribe of Chin, Myanmar

Other uses

* Dai (cryptocurrency), a cryptocurrency-backed stablecoin *

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, an early home computer from Belgium *

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'', work written by the 10th-century Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII * '' Deutsches Archäologisches Institut'', or German Archaeological Institute, an archaeological institute operated by the German ministry of foreign affairs * DAI Global, an international development firm * Diamond Aircraft Industries, an aircraft manufacturer * Diffuse axonal injury, a type of traumatic brain injury * Digital Author Identifier, 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, a subfield of artificial intelligence * Do As Infinity, a Japanese band * '' Dragon Age: Inquisition'', a video game by BioWare *

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