doică

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doică

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Bulgarian до́йка (dójka, “wetnurse”), from дой (doj, “nurishment, milking”) + -ка (-ka), from Proto-Slavic *dojiti (“to give milk”). Compare also Serbo-Croatian dojka and Slovak dojka.

noun doici · doică · doica · doicile

  1. feminine wet-nurse
  2. feminine babysitter

Similar: dădacă

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noun

Similar: dădacă

In English

  • nurse person who takes care of other people's young
  • wet nurse woman hired to suckle another woman's child
  • babysitter baby or child caretaker

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@misc{doica_2026,
  title = {doică},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/doic%C4%83},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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