different between nyah vs ayah

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /njæ/

Interjection

nyah

1. Expressing smug triumph.
   • 1993, Ted Andrews, Enchantment of the faerie realm (page 74)

     When the waves didn't catch me, I would laugh and sing out, "Nyah, nyah, nyah!"

Anagrams

• Hany, Yahn

Malay

Verb

nyah (Jawi spelling ???)

1. to run from
2. to remove

Derived terms

• mengenyahkan
• mak nyah

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??/

Etymology 1

From various Indian languages (e.g. Hindi ??? (?y?, “dry nurse, nanny”)), from Portuguese aia (“nurse, governess”), feminine of aio (“tutor”), possibly from Latin avia (“grandmother”).

Noun

ayah (plural ayahs)

1. A South Asian female servant, maid or nanny, historically, often one working for Europeans in South Asia.
   • 1989, Shashi Tharoor, The Great Indian Novel, New York: Arcade Publishing, 2011, Book 4,^[1]

     […] a cot of iron had to be manufactured for [Bhim] after he had demolished two wooden cribs with a lusty kick of his foot; and a succession of bruised ayahs had finally to be replaced by a male attendant, a former Hastinapur all-in wrestling champion.

See also

• amah

Etymology 2

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

Noun

ayah (plural ayahs or ayat)

1. (Islam) A verse in the Quran.

   Synonym: ayat

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• Ayah in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
• ?yah on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• ayah (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Haya, haya

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay ayah (“father”), from Pali ayya (“gentleman, honourable”), from Sanskrit ???? (?rya), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *áryas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *áryas. Doublet of arya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.jah/
• Hyphenation: a?yah

Noun

ayah (first-person possessive ayahku, second-person possessive ayahmu, third-person possessive ayahnya)

1. (formal) father (male parent)

Synonyms

• (parent): see Thesaurus:ayah

Derived terms

See also

• bung

Further reading

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

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.jah/
• Rhymes: -ajah, -jah, -ah

Etymology 1

From Pali ayya (“gentleman, honourable”), from Sanskrit ???? (?rya), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *áryas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *áryas.

Noun

ayah (Jawi spelling ????, plural ayah-ayah, informal 1st possessive ayahku, impolite 2nd possessive ayahmu, 3rd possessive ayahnya)

1. (formal, polite) father (male parent)

Synonyms

• bapa (bapanda, bapai, bapak, bapang, baba, papa)
• abah (aba, bah)
• rama

Derived terms

Descendants

• Indonesian: ayah

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hindi ??? (?y?), from Portuguese aia.

Noun

ayah (Jawi spelling ????, plural ayah-ayah, informal 1st possessive ayahku, impolite 2nd possessive ayahmu, 3rd possessive ayahnya)

1. (dated) nursemaid, usually one of Indian ancestry

Related terms

• amah

See also

• pengasuh (“caretaker”)
• pembantu rumah (“domestic worker”)

Further reading

• "ayah" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, ?ISBN, 2005.
• “ayah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.