"ayah" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈaɪ.ə/, /ˈɑːjə/ Forms: ayahs [plural]
Etymology: From various Indian languages (e.g. Hindi आया (āyā, “dry nurse, nanny”)), from Portuguese aia (“nurse, governess”), from Latin avia (“grandmother”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|hi|आया||dry nurse, nanny}} Hindi आया (āyā, “dry nurse, nanny”), {{der|en|pt|aia||nurse, governess}} Portuguese aia (“nurse, governess”), {{der|en|la|avia||grandmother}} Latin avia (“grandmother”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} ayah (plural ayahs)
  1. A South Asian female servant, maid or nanny, historically, often one working for Europeans in South Asia. Related terms: amah
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈaɪ.(j)ɑː/, /ˈaɪ.ə/ Forms: ayahs [plural], ayat [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic آيَة (ʔāya, “sign, token”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|آيَة||sign, token}} Arabic آيَة (ʔāya, “sign, token”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|ayat}} ayah (plural ayahs or ayat)
  1. (Islam) A verse in the Quran. Categories (topical): Islam Synonyms: ayat Translations (a South Asian maid or nanny): baboe [feminine] (Dutch), आया (āyā) [feminine] (Hindi), ఆయా (āyā) (Telugu), آیا (āyā) [feminine] (Urdu) Translations (a verse in the Qur'an): aia (Afrikaans), ajet [masculine] (Albanian), آيَة (ʔāya) [feminine] (Arabic), ayə (Azerbaijani), аят (ayat) (Bashkir), আয়াত (aẏat) (Bengali), ая́т (aját) [masculine] (Bulgarian), အာယသ် (ayas) (Burmese), аети (ai͡əti) [Dungan] (Chinese), 阿亞 (Chinese Mandarin), 阿亚 (āyà) (Chinese Mandarin), ayet (Crimean Tatar), ája [feminine] (Czech), aja [feminine] (Dutch), ajaho (Esperanto), aya [masculine] (French), אַיָּה (ayá) [feminine] (Hebrew), आयत (āyat) [feminine] (Hindi), ayat (Indonesian), アーヤ (Japanese), аят (aät) (Kazakh), аят (ayat) (Kyrgyz), а́ет (áet) [masculine] (Macedonian), ayat (Malay), ayet (Northern Kurdish), آیت (ayet) (Ottoman Turkish), آيات (âyât) [masculine] (Pashto), آیه (âye) (Persian), aja [feminine] (Polish), ая́т (aját) [masculine] (Russian), а́јет [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ájet [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), aleya [feminine] (Spanish), оят (oyat) (Tajik), оя (oya) (Tajik), аять (ayat’) (Tatar), ayet (Turkish), aýat (Turkmen), آیت (āyat) [feminine] (Urdu), ئايەت (ayet) (Uyghur), oyat (Uzbek)
    Sense id: en-ayah-en-noun-FVzLN-dK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Dungan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Pashto translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Telugu translations, Terms with Urdu translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Dungan translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Pashto translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Telugu translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Urdu translations: 46 54 Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "code": "es",
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      "word": "ఆయా"
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      "word": "aia"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "word": "ayə"
    },
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      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "ayat",
      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "word": "аят"
    },
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      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "aẏat",
      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "word": "আয়াত"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "aját",
      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ая́т"
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      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "ayas",
      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "word": "အာယသ်"
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      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "ai͡əti",
      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "аети"
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      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "word": "阿亞"
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      "roman": "āyà",
      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "word": "阿亚"
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      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "word": "ayet"
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      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ája"
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      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "aja"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "word": "ajaho"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "aya"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ayá",
      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "אַיָּה"
    },
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "āyat",
      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "आयत"
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    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "word": "ayat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "word": "アーヤ"
    },
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      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "aät",
      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "word": "аят"
    },
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      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "word": "ayet"
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      "roman": "ayat",
      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "word": "аят"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "áet",
      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "а́ет"
    },
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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "word": "ayat"
    },
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      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "ayet",
      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "word": "آیت"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "âyât",
      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "آيات"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "âye",
      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "word": "آیه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aja"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "aját",
      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ая́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "а́јет"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "ájet"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aleya"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "oyat",
      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "word": "оят"
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    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "oya",
      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "word": "оя"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "ayat’",
      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "word": "аять"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "word": "ayet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "word": "aýat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "āyat",
      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "آیت"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "ayet",
      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "word": "ئايەت"
    },
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      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "a verse in the Qur'an",
      "word": "oyat"
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  "word": "ayah"
}

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