ஐயா
Tamil edit
Alternative forms edit
- அய்யா (ayyā)
Etymology edit
Vocative singular of ஐயன் (aiyaṉ), cognate with Telugu అయ్య (ayya).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ஐயா • (aiyā)
- respectable term of addressing a man; sir
- (dialectal) father
- Coordinate term: அம்மா (ammā)
Descendants edit
- → Sinhalese: අය්යා (ayyā)
References edit
- Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022) “ஐயா”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]