आया

Hindi

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese aia.

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɑː.jɑː/, [äː.jäː]

Noun

आया • (āyā) f (Urdu spelling آیا‎)

  1. ayah: nurse maid, nurse
Declension
Declension of आया (fem ā-stem)
singular plural
direct आया
āyā		 आयाएँ
āyāẽ
oblique आया
āyā		 आयाओं
āyāõ
vocative आया
āyā		 आयाओ
āyāo
Descendants
  • → English: ayah

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀆𑀕𑀤 (āgada) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-)[1], from Sanskrit आगत (ā́gata)[2]. Cognate with Punjabi ਆਇਆ (āiā) / آیا‎ (āya), Marathi आले (āle).

Verb

आया • (āyā) (Urdu spelling آیا‎)

  1. inflection of आना (ānā):
    1. masculine singular perfective participle
    2. masculine singular perfect indicative: 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

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • āyā (Latin script)
  • 𑀆𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • আযা (Bengali script)
  • ආයා (Sinhalese script)
  • အာယာ or ဢႃယႃ (Burmese script)
  • อายา (Thai script)
  • ᩋᩣᨿᩣ (Tai Tham script)
  • ອາຍາ or ອາຢາ (Lao script)
  • អាយា (Khmer script)
  • 𑄃𑄂𑄠𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

आया

  1. Devanagari script form of āyā, which is inflection of आय:
    1. ablative singular
    2. nominative/vocative plural (āya, “income”)
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