yah

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Adverb 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Adverb 1.3 Etymology 3 1.3.1 Noun 1.4 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

From Gullah yuh (“‘here’”)

[edit] Adverb

yah (not comparable)

1. (African American Vernacular, location) here
   • c. 1930, Reverend Marvin V. Frey, Revival Choruses of Marvin V. Frey, “Come By Here”:

     Kum ba yah, my Lord, kum ba yah

[edit] Etymology 2

Simply an alternative pronunciation.

[edit] Adverb

yah (not comparable)

1. (British, India, South African) yes.

   Yah, we did go along but it turned out the wedding was a load of nonsense.

[edit] Etymology 3

From the pronunciation of “yes” by Sloane Rangers

[edit] Noun

yah (plural yahs)

1. (British, informal) an upper-class person, especially a Sloane Ranger

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of ahy
• AYH
• hay
• YHA