आया

Hindi

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese aia.

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.jɑː/, [äː.jäː]

Noun

आया • (āyā) f (Urdu spelling آیا)

ayah: nurse maid, nurse

Declension

Declension of आया (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आया āyā	आयाएँ āyāẽ
oblique	आया āyā	आयाओं āyāõ
vocative	आया āyā	आयाओ āyāo

Descendants

→ English: ayah

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀆𑀕𑀤 (āgada) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-),^[1] from Sanskrit आगत (ā́gata).^[2] Cognate with Punjabi ਆਇਆ (āiā) / آیا, Marathi आले (āle).

Verb

आया • (āyā) (Urdu spelling آیا)

inflection of आना (ānā):
1. masculine singular perfective participle
2. masculine singular perfect indicative: came, arrived

References

^ Oberlies, Thomas (2005) A Historical Grammar of Hindi, Grazer Vergleichende Arbeiten, →ISBN, page 36
^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “āˊgata”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

āyā (Latin script)
𑀆𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
আযা (Bengali script)
ආයා (Sinhalese script)
အာယာ or ဢႃယႃ (Burmese script)
อายา (Thai script)
ᩋᩣᨿᩣ (Tai Tham script)
ອາຍາ or ອາຢາ (Lao script)
អាយា (Khmer script)
𑄃𑄂𑄠𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

आया (āyā)

Devanagari script form of āyā, which is inflection of आय:
1. ablative singular
2. nominative/vocative plural (āya, “income”)

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