آية

See also: أية, إيه, ايه, and آیه

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))

1. sign, token

   آيَةُ ٱللّٰه ― ʔāyatu llāh ― ayatollah (literally, “sign of God”)

2. verse (of a holy book, such as the Quran or Bible)
3. prodigy, marvel

Declension

Declension of noun آيَة (ʔāya)

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)
  • Iranian Persian: آیه (âye)
  • Tajik: оя (oya), оят (oyat)
• → Kazakh: аят (aät)
• → Kyrgyz: аят (ayat)
• → Tatar: аять (ayät)
• → Indonesian: ayat
• → Spanish: aleya
• → Swahili: aya
• → Tausug: ayat
• → Ottoman Turkish: آیت (âyet)
  • → Turkish: ayet
  • → Crimean Tatar: ayet
• → Turkmen: aýat
• → Uyghur: ئايەت (ayet)
• → Uzbek: oyat

Proper noun

آية • (ʔāya) f

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of noun آيَة (ʔāya)

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