آیا

See also: إيا

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)

1. the inner surface of the hand and foot, or the middle portion of that surface

   Synonyms: آوج (avuc), كف (kef)

Derived terms

• آیاق آیاسی (ayak ayası, “sole of the foot”)
• ال آیاسی (el ayası, “palm of the hand”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: aya

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^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 90b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آیا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], 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^[3], 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^[4], Vienna, column 575
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “aya”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آیا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 283

Persian

Etymology

Compare Ancient Greek ἆρα (âra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ˈɑː.jɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ˈɑː.jɑː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ˈɑː.jɑː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ˈɑː.jɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ˈɔː.jɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ˈɒː.jɒː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ˈɔ.jɔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	āyā
Dari reading?	āyā
Iranian reading?	âyâ
Tajik reading?	oyo

• Audio (Iran):

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Particle

Dari	آیا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	оё

آیا • (âyâ)

1. 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

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑː.jɑː/

Noun

آیا • (āyā) f (Hindi spelling आया)

1. 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)

1. masculine singular perfect adjectival of آنا (ānā): came, arrived

Further reading

• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “آيا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.