ஐயா

Tamil

Alternative forms

• அய்யா (ayyā)

Etymology

Vocative singular of ஐயன் (aiyaṉ), cognate with Telugu అయ్య (ayya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐɪ̯jaː/

Noun

ஐயா • (aiyā)

1. respectable term of addressing a man; sir
2. (dialectal) father

   Coordinate term: அம்மா (ammā)

Descendants

• → Sinhalese: අය්‍යා (ayyā)

References

• Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022) “ஐயா”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]