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ยาย, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
ยาย in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
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Pali
Alternative scripts
- yāya (Latin script)
- 𑀬𑀸𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- याय (Devanagari script)
- যায (Bengali script)
- යාය (Sinhalese script)
- ယာယ or ယႃယ (Burmese script)
- ยายะ (Thai script)
- ᨿᩣᨿ (Tai Tham script)
- ຍາຍ or ຍາຍະ or ຢາຢະ (Lao script)
- យាយ (Khmer script)
- 𑄠𑄂𑄠 (Chakma script)
Pronoun
ยาย
- Thai script form of yāya, which is genitive/dative/ablative/instrumental/locative singular of ยา (yā, “who”)
Thai
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *naːjᴬ (“maternal grandmother”). The /n-/ -> /j-/ transformation is due to contamination by ย่า (yâa, “paternal grandmother”), which is semantically similar. Compare Indonesian nyai; Khmer យាយ (yiəy); Lao ຍາຍ (nyāi), ຍາຽ (nyāi); Shan ၼၢႆး (náai).
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Noun
ยาย • (yaai) (classifier คน)
- maternal grandmother; also used as a title for or term of address to one's maternal grandmother or woman respected as one's maternal grandmother, and used by such person to refer to herself.
- (sometimes derogatory and offensive) aged woman; also used as a title for or term of address to such person, and used by such person to refer to herself.
- (colloquial) used as a diminutive or affectionate title for or term of address to a young woman or woman of the same age as the speaker.
- (often derogatory and offensive) used as a title for or term of address to any woman or trans woman.
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