ayah
English
Etymology 1
From various Indian languages (e.g. HindiCategory:English terms derived from Hindi#AYAH आया (āyā, “dry nurse, nanny”)), from PortugueseCategory:English terms derived from Portuguese#AYAH aia (“nurse, governess”), from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#AYAH avia (“grandmother”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ayah (plural ayahs)Category:English lemmas#AYAHCategory:English nouns#AYAHCategory:English countable nouns#AYAHCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#AYAHCategory:Pages with entries#AYAHCategory:Pages with 6 entries#AYAH
- A South Asian female servant, maid or nanny, historically, often one working for Europeans in South Asia.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “Watches of the Night”, in Plain Tales from the Hills (fiction):
- She manufactured the Station scandal, and talked to her ayah.Category:English terms with quotations#AYAH
- 1989, Shashi Tharoor, The Great Indian Novel, New York: Arcade Publishing, published 2011, Book 4:
- […] a cot of iron had to be manufactured for [Bhim] after he had demolished two wooden cribs with a lusty kick of his foot; and a succession of bruised ayahs had finally to be replaced by a male attendant, a former Hastinapur all-in wrestling champion.Category:English terms with quotations#AYAH
Translations
See also
Etymology 2
Borrowed from ArabicCategory:English terms borrowed from Arabic#AYAHCategory:English terms derived from Arabic#AYAH آيَة (ʔāya, “sign, token”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ayah (plural ayahs or ayat)Category:English lemmas#AYAHCategory:English nouns#AYAHCategory:English countable nouns#AYAHCategory:English nouns with irregular plurals#AYAHCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#AYAHCategory:Pages with entries#AYAHCategory:Pages with 6 entries#AYAH
- (IslamCategory:en:Islam#AYAH) A verse in the Quran.
Alternative forms
Translations
Further reading
Ayah in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Āyah on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - ayah (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Category:en:Qur'an#AYAHIndonesian
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈajah/ [ˈa.jah]Category:Indonesian 2-syllable words#AYAHCategory:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#AYAH
- Rhymes: -ajahCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/ajah#AYAHCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/ajah/2 syllables#AYAH
- Syllabification: a‧yah
Category:Indonesian terms with audio pronunciation#AYAHAudio: (file)
Etymology 1
Inherited from MalayCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Malay#AYAHCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Malay#AYAH ayah (“father”), from Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#AYAHCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#AYAH *aya₂ (“father’s sister, father’s sister’s husband”), from Proto-AustronesianCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian#AYAHCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Austronesian#AYAH *aya₂.[1][2]
Noun
ayah (plural ayah-ayah or para ayah)Category:Indonesian lemmas#AYAHCategory:Indonesian nouns#AYAHCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#AYAHCategory:Pages with entries#AYAHCategory:Pages with 6 entries#AYAH
- (formalCategory:Indonesian formal terms#AYAH) father (male parent) Category:id:Family#AYAH
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ayah
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Inherited from MalayCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Malay#AYAHCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Malay#AYAH ayah (“ayah”), from HindiCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Hindi#AYAH आया (āyā), from PortugueseCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Portuguese#AYAH aia, from LatinCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Latin#AYAH avia (“grandmother”).
Noun
ayah (plural ayah-ayah or para ayah)Category:Indonesian lemmas#AYAHCategory:Indonesian nouns#AYAHCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#AYAHCategory:Pages with entries#AYAHCategory:Pages with 6 entries#AYAH
- (rareCategory:Indonesian terms with rare senses#AYAH) ayah (a South Asian maid or nanny)
References
- ↑ Robert Blust; David F. Aberle; N. J. Allen; R. H. Barnes; Ann Chowning (1 April 1980), “Early Austronesian Social Organization: The Evidence of Language [and Comments and Reply]”, in Current Anthropology, volume 21, number 2, , →ISSN, pages 205–247
- ↑ Robert Blust (1993), “Austronesian sibling terms and culture history”, in Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia, volume 149, number 1, , →ISSN, pages 22–76
Further reading
- “ayah”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*aya₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Javanese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old JavaneseCategory:Javanese terms inherited from Old Javanese#AYAHCategory:Javanese terms derived from Old Javanese#AYAH aya, haya, ayah (“effort, endeavour, the course of action for effecting”).
Root
ayahCategory:Javanese lemmas#AYAHCategory:Javanese roots#AYAHCategory:Javanese entries with incorrect language header#AYAHCategory:Pages with entries#AYAHCategory:Pages with 6 entries#AYAH
- to carry out, to perform.
- to do senselessly.
Interjection
ayahCategory:Javanese lemmas#AYAHCategory:Javanese interjections#AYAHCategory:Javanese entries with incorrect language header#AYAHCategory:Pages with entries#AYAHCategory:Pages with 6 entries#AYAH
- exclamation of disbelief
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old JavaneseCategory:Javanese terms inherited from Old Javanese#AYAHCategory:Javanese terms derived from Old Javanese#AYAH wayah (“age”), from SanskritCategory:Javanese terms derived from Sanskrit#AYAH वयस् (vayas, “age”).
Noun
ayahCategory:Javanese lemmas#AYAHCategory:Javanese nouns#AYAHCategory:Javanese entries with incorrect language header#AYAHCategory:Pages with entries#AYAHCategory:Pages with 6 entries#AYAH
Further reading
- “ayah”, in Javanese-Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Jawa-Indonesia] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta Special [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta], 2023.
Malay
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#AYAHCategory:Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#AYAH *aya (“father’s sister, father’s sister’s husband”), from Proto-AustronesianCategory:Malay terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian#AYAHCategory:Malay terms derived from Proto-Austronesian#AYAH *aya.[1]
Noun
ayah (Jawi spelling ايه, plural ayah-ayah or ayah2)Category:Malay lemmas#AYAHCategory:Malay nouns#AYAHCategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#AYAHCategory:Pages with entries#AYAHCategory:Pages with 6 entries#AYAH
- (formalCategory:Malay formal terms#AYAH, politeCategory:Malay polite terms#AYAH) A father (male parent). Category:ms:Family#AYAH
- Synonyms: abah, bapa, rama
- ayah Daniel ― Daniel's fatherCategory:Malay terms with usage examples#AYAH
Derived terms
- ayah angkat (“adoptive father”)
- ayah tiri (“stepfather”)
Descendants
Etymology 2
Borrowed from HindiCategory:Malay terms borrowed from Hindi#AYAHCategory:Malay terms derived from Hindi#AYAH आया (āyā), from PortugueseCategory:Malay terms derived from Portuguese#AYAH aia.
Noun
ayah (Jawi spelling ايه, plural ayah-ayah or ayah2)Category:Malay lemmas#AYAHCategory:Malay nouns#AYAHCategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#AYAHCategory:Pages with entries#AYAHCategory:Pages with 6 entries#AYAH
- (datedCategory:Malay dated terms#AYAH) A nursemaid, usually one of Indian ancestry.
Related terms
See also
References
Further reading
- “ayah”, in Kamus Dewan [The Institute Dictionary] (in Malay), Fourth edition, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2005, →ISBN
- "ayah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
Navajo
Postposition
ayahCategory:Navajo non-lemma forms#AYAHCategory:Navajo postposition forms#AYAHCategory:Navajo entries with incorrect language header#AYAHCategory:Pages with entries#AYAHCategory:Pages with 6 entries#AYAH
Old Javanese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
ayahCategory:Old Javanese lemmas#AYAHCategory:Old Javanese nouns#AYAHCategory:Old Javanese entries with incorrect language header#AYAHCategory:Pages with entries#AYAHCategory:Pages with 6 entries#AYAH
- alternative form of aya
Etymology 2
Borrowed from SanskritCategory:Old Javanese terms borrowed from Sanskrit#AYAHCategory:Old Javanese terms derived from Sanskrit#AYAH अयः॑ (áyaḥ), singular nominative form of अय॑स् (áyas, “iron, metal; copper”).
Noun
ayahCategory:Old Javanese lemmas#AYAHCategory:Old Javanese nouns#AYAHCategory:Old Javanese entries with incorrect language header#AYAHCategory:Pages with entries#AYAHCategory:Pages with 6 entries#AYAH
Etymology 3
UnknownCategory:Old Javanese terms with unknown etymologies#AYAH (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Old Javanese entries#AYAH
Root
ayahCategory:Old Javanese lemmas#AYAHCategory:Old Javanese roots#AYAHCategory:Old Javanese entries with incorrect language header#AYAHCategory:Pages with entries#AYAHCategory:Pages with 6 entries#AYAH
- griṅsiṅ pattern
Derived terms
Further reading
- "ayah" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.