ایا

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See also: آیا, ايا, and إيا

Persian

Etymology

Sound-symbolic.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading^?	ayā
Dari reading^?	ayā
Iranian reading^?	ʔayɒː
Tajik reading^?	ayo

Interjection

ایا • (ayâ)

(archaic, poetic) o, alas, yea; a generic exclamation in classical poetry.
- c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 162”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎:
  ایا پرلعل کرده جام زرین
  ببخشا بر کسی کش زر نباشد
  ayā pur-la'l karda jām-i zarrīn
  bibaxšā bar kasē k-aš zarr na-bāšad
  O, the golden goblet has been filled with ruby ;
  Bestow it on he who has no gold.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

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