آية
Arabic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Semitic *awayat-. Cognate with Hebrew אוֹת (ʾōṯ, “sign”) and Aramaic אתא (ʾāṯā, “sign”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔaː.ja/
Noun
آيَة • (ʔāya) f (plural آيَات (ʔāyāt))
- sign, token
- آيَةُ ٱللّٰه ― ʔāyatu llāh ― ayatollah (literally, “sign of God”)
- verse (of a holy book, such as the Quran or Bible)
- prodigy, marvel
Declension
| singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | آيَة ʔāya |
الْآيَة al-ʔāya |
آيَة ʔāyat |
| nominative | آيَةٌ ʔāyatun |
الْآيَةُ al-ʔāyatu |
آيَةُ ʔāyatu |
| accusative | آيَةً ʔāyatan |
الْآيَةَ al-ʔāyata |
آيَةَ ʔāyata |
| genitive | آيَةٍ ʔāyatin |
الْآيَةِ al-ʔāyati |
آيَةِ ʔāyati |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | آيَتَيْن ʔāyatayn |
الْآيَتَيْن al-ʔāyatayn |
آيَتَيْ ʔāyatay |
| nominative | آيَتَانِ ʔāyatāni |
الْآيَتَانِ al-ʔāyatāni |
آيَتَا ʔāyatā |
| accusative | آيَتَيْنِ ʔāyatayni |
الْآيَتَيْنِ al-ʔāyatayni |
آيَتَيْ ʔāyatay |
| genitive | آيَتَيْنِ ʔāyatayni |
الْآيَتَيْنِ al-ʔāyatayni |
آيَتَيْ ʔāyatay |
| plural | sound feminine plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | آيَات ʔāyāt |
الْآيَات al-ʔāyāt |
آيَات ʔāyāt |
| nominative | آيَاتٌ ʔāyātun |
الْآيَاتُ al-ʔāyātu |
آيَاتُ ʔāyātu |
| accusative | آيَاتٍ ʔāyātin |
الْآيَاتِ al-ʔāyāti |
آيَاتِ ʔāyāti |
| genitive | آيَاتٍ ʔāyātin |
الْآيَاتِ al-ʔāyāti |
آيَاتِ ʔāyāti |
Descendants
- → Afar: ayyáat
- → Albanian: ajet
- → Azerbaijani: ayə
- → Bashkir: аят (ayat)
- → Dutch: aja
- → English: ayah
- → Pashto: آيات (âyât)
- → Classical Persian: آیَه (āya), آیَة (āya(t)), آیَت (āyat)
- → Kazakh: аят (aät)
- → Kyrgyz: аят (ayat)
- → Tatar: аять (ayat’)
- → Indonesian: ayat
- → Spanish: aleya
- → Swahili: aya
- → Tausug: ayat
- → Ottoman Turkish: آیت (âyet)
- → Turkmen: aýat
- → Uyghur: ئايەت (ayet)
- → Uzbek: oyat
Proper noun
آية • (ʔāya) f
- a female given name
Declension
| singular | singular diptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | — | آيَة ʔāya |
— |
| nominative | — | آيَةُ ʔāyatu |
— |
| accusative | — | آيَةَ ʔāyata |
— |
| genitive | — | آيَةَ ʔāyata |
— |
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “آية”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 46