ayah

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A South Asian female servant, maid or nanny, historically, often one working for Europeans in South Asia.
    — She manufactured the Station scandal, and talked to her ayah.
  2. A verse in the Quran.

词形变化

ayahs plural ayahs plural ayat plural ayat alternative

词源

词源 1
From various Indian languages (e.g. Hindi आया (āyā, “dry nurse, nanny”)), from Portuguese aia (“nurse, governess”), from Latin avia (“grandmother”).
词源 2
Borrowed from Arabic آيَة (ʔāya, “sign, token”).
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