आया

Hindi edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Portuguese aia.

Pronunciation edit

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.jɑː/, [äː.jäː]

Noun edit

आया • (āyā) f (Urdu spelling آیا)

ayah: nurse maid, nurse

Declension edit

Declension of आया (fem ā-stem)

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

Descendants edit

→ English: ayah

Etymology 2 edit

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 edit

आया • (āyā) (Urdu spelling آیا)

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

References edit

^ 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 edit

Alternative forms edit

Alternative forms

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 edit

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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