aleya

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic الآيَة (al-ʔáya), from Arabic آيَة (ʔāya).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aˈleʝa/ [aˈle.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈleʝa/ [aˈle.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aˈleʃa/ [aˈle.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈleʒa/ [aˈle.ʒa]

• Rhymes: -eʝa
• Syllabification: a‧le‧ya

Noun

aleya f (plural aleyas)

1. ayah (a verse in the Quran)

Further reading

• “aleya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16