different between ayat vs zayat

English

Alternative forms

• ayah

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ????? (??ya, “sign, token”).

Noun

ayat (plural ayats)

1. A verse of the Quran

Translations

Anagrams

• Taya

Crimean Tatar

Noun

ayat

1. life
2. living room

Declension

Synonyms

• sembol, belirti

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay ayat, from Arabic ????? (??ya, “sign, token”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ajat?]
• Hyphenation: ayat

Noun

ayat (first-person possessive ayatku, second-person possessive ayatmu, third-person possessive ayatnya)

1. sign

   Synonyms: alamat, tanda

2. (Islam) ayat: verse of the Quran.
3. (law) clause
4. proof

   Synonym: bukti

Further reading

• “ayat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Ilocano

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a?yát
• IPA^(key): /?a?jat/, [???jat]

Noun

ayát

1. love
2. delight
3. liking; pleasure

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ayat (“to threaten”)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: á?yat
• IPA^(key): /??ajat/

Noun

áyat.

1. act of putting a cock into the sight of another cock before a cockfight

Derived terms

Malay

Noun

ayat (Jawi spelling ?????, plural ayat-ayat, informal 1st possessive ayatku, impolite 2nd possessive ayatmu, 3rd possessive ayatnya)

1. (Malaysia, grammar) sentence

Synonyms

• (Indonesia) kalimat

Descendants

• Indonesian: ayat

Further reading

• “ayat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

English

Etymology

From Burmese ???? (ja.rap).

Noun

zayat (plural zayats)

1. A building in Burma used for meetings and religious assemblies and to give shelter to travellers.
   • 1855, Emily Chubbuck Judson, Memoir of Sarah B. Judson: member of the American mission to Burmah (page 16)

     There are always several zayats in the neighborhood of a kyoung, to which the devotees of Boodh resort to listen to their priests.