آیا

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See also: إيا

Ottoman Turkish

Noun

آیا • (aya)

  1. palm of the hand

Persian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? ā
Dari reading? ā
Iranian reading? â
Tajik reading? o
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Particle

Dari آیا
Iranian Persian
Tajik оё

آیا • (âyâ)

  1. initial interrogative particle (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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Usage notes

  • Used primarily in written Persian; occasionally spoken.
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Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese aia.

Pronunciation

Noun

آیا • (āyā) f (Hindi spelling आया)

  1. ayah: nurse maid, nurse

References

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

Etymology 2

Inherited from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 2 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "psu" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-)[1], from Sanskrit आगत (ā́gata)[2]. Cognate with Punjabi ਆਇਆ (āiā) / آیا, Marathi आले (āle).

Verb

آیا • (āyā) (Hindi spelling आया)

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

Further reading

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