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Definition: Ayah |
AyahNoun1. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ayah" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1888. (references) |
Etymology: Ayah \A"yah\, noun. [from Portuguese expression aia, akin to Spanish aya governess, ayo tutor.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Ayah (Anglo-Indian) A native Hindû nurse or lady's maid. "The ayahs, or nurses, are said to be the best in the world." - B. Taylor: Visit to India , chap. ii. p. 37. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Keeper | Protector, governor, duenna; guardian; governess; (teacher); nurse, nanny, babysitter, catsitter, dogsitter, bonne, ayah. |
Servant | Maid, maidservant; handmaid; confidente, lady's maid, abigail, soubrette; amah, biddy, nurse, bonne, ayah; nursemaid, nursery maid, house maid, parlor maid, waiting maid, chamber maid, kitchen maid, scullery maid; femme de chambre, femme fille; camarista; chef de cuisine,cordon bleu, cook, scullion, Cinderella; potwalloper; maid of all work, servant of all work; laundress, bedmaker; journeyman, charwoman; (worker); bearer, chokra, gyp, hamal, scout. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Ayah |
| Non-English Usage: "Ayah" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Indonesian (begetter, dad, daddy, father). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Ayah" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 57.89% of the time. "Ayah" is used about 19 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 57.89% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Noun (singular) | 42.11% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Total | 100.00% | 19 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ayah | 13 |
ayah tok | 3 |
ayah bunda | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ayah"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | Dado (baby sitter, childminder, nanny, nurse, nut, screw). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hindu dajka, hindu komorna, hindu dada. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | babu (char, mammy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ayahay Doicã Indianã. (various references) Няня-туземка. (various references) služavka (bonne, housemaid, kitchen maid, lady's maid, maid, servant maid, slavey). (various references) Anh-Ân vú em, người hầu gái (maid, maidservant, servant-girl, servant-maid, waiting-maid, waiting-woman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ayah": ayahs, ayahuasca, ayahuascas. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "ayah": rayah. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ayah": rayahs. (additional references) | |
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"Ayah" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aaaaah, aaaagh, aaahh, aah, Aaha, aahah, aahe, aahh, aay, abah, Agah, ahah, Ahaha, aich, Aiya, Akyab, alah, Anagh, arah, Aryeh, asah, Atyiah, aya, ayam, ayan, ayar, ayas, ayat, ayeh, ayha, ayi, ayih, aysh, ayu, ayuh, ayup, Ayyash, Ayyeh, Ayyub, Eeyaahh, Nyah, Oyash, ryah, Sayah, Sayegh, yaa, Yahad. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "ayah" (pronounced 'A"yah'): Rayah. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-h-y" | |
-1 letter: aah, aha, hay, yah. | |
-2 letters: aa, ah, ay, ha, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-h-y" | |
+1 letter: ayahs, rayah. | |
+2 letters: aliyah, apathy, hyaena, mayhap, rayahs, sashay. | |
+3 letters: aliyahs, anarchy, archway, ashtray, bathyal, halfway, hallway, halyard, haylage, hayrack, hayward, headway, hearsay, hyaenas, pathway, rhatany, sashays, washday, yashmac, yashmak. | |
+4 letters: anaglyph, archways, arythmia, ashtrays, asphyxia, athanasy, autarchy, chambray, charlady, dahabiya, gymkhana, hallways, halyards, handyman, hatchway, haulyard, haylages, haymaker, hayracks, haystack, haywards, headachy, headstay, headways, hearsays, hereaway, hideaway, hogmanay, mahogany, naumachy, pathways, phantasy, pharmacy, sashayed, thataway, washdays, yachtman, yashmacs, yashmaks, yataghan. | |
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