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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *āya (“palm of the hand”); cognate with Azerbaijani aya, Khakas айа (aya) and Turkmen aýa.
Noun
آیا • (aya)
- the inner surface of the hand and foot, or the middle portion of that surface
- Synonyms: آوج (avuc), كف (kef)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “aya2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 370
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “آیا”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français, Vienna: F. Beck, page 90b
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آیا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 42
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Vola”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1785
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “آیا”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 575
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “aya”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آیا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 283
Persian
Etymology
Compare Ancient Greek ἆρα (âra).
Pronunciation
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āyā
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| Dari reading?
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āyā
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| Iranian reading?
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âyâ
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| Tajik reading?
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oyo
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Particle
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آیا
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оё
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آیا • (âyâ)
- initial interrogative particle
آیا کسی بدینجا خواهد آمد؟. (classical pronunciation)- âyâ kasê badênjâ xwâhad âmad?
- Will someone come here?
Urdu
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Portuguese aia.
Pronunciation
Noun
آیا • (āyā) f (Hindi spelling आया)
- 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 Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀆𑀕𑀤 (āgada) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit आगत (ā́gata). Cognate with Punjabi ਆਇਆ (āiā) / آیا, Marathi आले (āle).
Verb
آیا • (āyā) (Hindi spelling आया)
- masculine singular perfect adjectival of آنا (ānā): came, arrived
References
- ^ Oberlies, Thomas (2005) A Historical Grammar of Hindi, Grazer Vergleichende Arbeiten, →ISBN, page 36
- ^ 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.