आया

Hindi

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese aia.

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɑː.jɑː/, [äː.jäː]

Noun

आया • (āyā) f (Urdu spelling آیا)

  1. ayah: nurse maid, nurse
Declension
Declension of आया (fem ā-stem)
singular plural
direct आया
āyā 		आयाएँ
āyāẽ
oblique आया
āyā 		आयाओं
āyāõ
vocative आया
āyā 		आयाओ
āyāo
Descendants
  • → English: ayah

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀆𑀕𑀤 (āgada) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-),[1] from Sanskrit आगत (ā́gata).[2] Cognate with Punjabi ਆਇਆ (āiā) / آیا, Marathi आले (āle).

Verb

आया • (āyā) (Urdu spelling آیا)

  1. inflection of आना (ānā):
    1. masculine singular perfective participle
    2. masculine singular perfect indicative: came, arrived

References

  1. ^ Oberlies, Thomas (2005) A Historical Grammar of Hindi, Grazer Vergleichende Arbeiten, →ISBN, page 36
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “āˊgata”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • āyā (Latin script)
  • 𑀆𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • আযা (Bengali script)
  • ආයා (Sinhalese script)
  • အာယာ or ဢႃယႃ (Burmese script)
  • อายา (Thai script)
  • ᩋᩣᨿᩣ (Tai Tham script)
  • ອາຍາ or ອາຢາ (Lao script)
  • អាយា (Khmer script)
  • 𑄃𑄂𑄠𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

आया (āyā)

  1. Devanagari script form of āyā, which is inflection of आय:
    1. ablative singular
    2. nominative/vocative plural (āya, “income”)
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