យាយ

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic យាយ
yāy
WT romanisation yiəy
(standard) IPA(key) /jiəj/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Thai ยาย (yaai). Cognate with Northern Khmer แย็ย.

Noun

យាយ • (yiəy)

  1. grandmother
    Synonyms: ដូន (doun), អយ្យកា (ʼayyĕəʼkaa)
  2. (colloquial, slang) sugar mama

Etymology 2

Clipping of និយាយ (niyiəy)

Verb

យាយ • (yiəy) (abstract noun ការយាយ)

  1. (slang) aphetic form of និយាយ (niyiəy): to speak, say, talk, relate, tell
  2. (slang) to narrate
  3. (slang) to discuss, talk over
  4. (slang) to be involved (with), get involved (with)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • yāya (Latin script)
  • 𑀬𑀸𑀬 (Brahmi script)
  • याय (Devanagari script)
  • যায (Bengali script)
  • යාය (Sinhalese script)
  • ယာယ or ယႃယ (Burmese script)
  • ยาย or ยายะ (Thai script)
  • ᨿᩣᨿ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຍາຍ or ຍາຍະ or ຢາຢະ (Lao script)
  • 𑄠𑄂𑄠 (Chakma script)

Pronoun

យាយ

  1. Khmer script form of yāya, which is genitive/dative/ablative/instrumental/locative singular of យា (yā, “who (f.)”)
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