Dai may refer to:

Names

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

Dai (surname) Dai is the pinyin 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 96th most common surname in China, according to a rep ...

(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), 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), a Xianbei-led dynastic state during the Sixteen Kingdoms era of Chinese history * Dai (Spring and Autumn period), 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 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 hea ...

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 ...

, 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 13 ...

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

Other uses

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

DAI Personal Computer The DAI personal computer is an early home computer from the Belgian company '' Data Applications International''. The DAI came to market in 1980. It provided many pioneering features such as high resolution color graphics, a maths co-processor ...

, an early home computer from Belgium *

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's stock symbol * ''

De Administrando Imperio ''De Administrando Imperio'' ("On the Governance of the Empire") is the Latin title of a Greek-language work written by the 10th-century Eastern Roman Emperor Constantine VII. The Greek title of the work is ("To yown son Romanos"). It is a domes ...

'', 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 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 that ...

, 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 ...

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