English

Noun

ayah ‎(plural ayahs)

1. A verse in the Quran.
2. A native female servant or maid, especially working for Europeans in South Asia.
   • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘Watches of the Night’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 59:

     She manufactured the Station scandal, and—talked to her ayah.

See also

• Ayah in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

Translations

Anagrams

• Haya

Indonesian

Noun

ayah

1. father (male parent)

See also

• bung

Malay

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ayah

1. father (male parent)

Derived terms

• ayahanda
• aya (shortened)
• yah (shortened)

Synonyms

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