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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian آیت, from Arabic آيَة (ʔāya, “sign, token”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ayat (plural ayats)
- Alternative form of ayah (“verse of the Quran”)
Noun
ayat
- plural of ayah (“verse of the Quran”)
Anagrams
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
From Arabic حَيَاة (ḥayāh)
Noun
ayat
- life
- living room
Declension
Synonyms
References
Iban
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /a.jat/
Noun
ayat
- sentence
Ilocano
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧yát
- IPA(key): /ʔaˈjat/,
Noun
ayát
- love
- delight
- liking; pleasure
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ayat (“to threaten”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: á‧yat
- IPA(key): /ˈʔajat/
Noun
áyat.
- act of putting a cock into the sight of another cock before a cockfight
Derived terms
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay ayat, from Arabic آيَة (ʔāya, “sign, token”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ayat (plural ayat-ayat, first-person possessive ayatku, second-person possessive ayatmu, third-person possessive ayatnya)
- sign
- Synonyms: alamat, tanda
- (Islam) ayat: verse of the Quran.
- (law) clause (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
- Kepolisian Negara Republik Indonesia adalah Kepolisian Nasional yang merupakan satu kesatuan dalam melaksanakan peran sebagaimana dimaksud dalam ayat (1). ― National Police Republic of Indonesia is national police in unity in application of the role in the clause (1).
- (law) section or paragraph
- (Islam) proof
- Synonym: bukti
- (accounting) entry: a formal record that documents a transaction.
- Synonym: catatan (Standard Malay)
Derived terms
Further reading
Malay
Pronunciation
Noun
ayat (Jawi spelling ايات, plural ayat-ayat, informal 1st possessive ayatku, 2nd possessive ayatmu, 3rd possessive ayatnya)
- (Malaysia, grammar) sentence
Synonyms
Descendants
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