آیا

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Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *āya (palm of the hand); cognate with Azerbaijani aya, Khakas айа (aya) and Turkmen aýa.

Noun[edit]

آیا (aya)

  1. the inner surface of the hand and foot, or the middle portion of that surface
    Synonyms: آوج (avuc), كف (kef)

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Turkish: aya

Further reading[edit]

Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Ancient Greek ἆρα (âra).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? āyā
Dari reading? āyā
Iranian reading? âyâ
Tajik reading? oyo
  • (file)

Particle[edit]

Dari آیا
Iranian Persian
Tajik оё

آیا (âyâ)

  1. initial interrogative particle
    آیا کسی بدینجا خواهد آمد؟. (classical pronunciation)
    âyâ kasê badênjâ xwâhad âmad?
    Will someone come here?

Urdu[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Portuguese aia.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

آیا (āyāf (Hindi spelling आया)

  1. ayah: nurse maid, nurse

References[edit]

  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “آيا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.

Etymology 2[edit]

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[edit]

آیا (āyā) (Hindi spelling आया)

  1. masculine singular perfect adjectival of آنا (ānā): came, arrived

References[edit]

  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

Further reading[edit]

  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “آيا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.