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==English==

===Etymology 1===
From various Indian languages (e.g. {{der|en|hi|आया||dry nurse, nanny}}), from {{der|en|pt|aia||nurse, governess}}, from {{der|en|la|avia||grandmother}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|en|/ˈaɪ.ə/|/ˈɑːjə/}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# A South Asian [[female]] [[servant]], [[maid]] or [[nanny]], historically, often one working for Europeans in South Asia.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1888|author=w:Rudyard Kipling|chapter=w:Watches of the Night|title=w:Plain Tales from the Hills|genre=fiction|text=She manufactured the Station scandal, and talked to her '''''ayah'''''.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1989|author=w:Shashi Tharoor|title=w:The Great Indian Novel|location=New York|publisher=Arcade Publishing|year_published=2011|section=Book 4|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=9eD7DQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover
|passage={{...}} 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=====
* {{l|en|amah}}

===Etymology 2===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|ar|آيَة||sign, token}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|en|/ˈaɪ.(j)ɑː/|/ˈaɪ.ə/}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun|s|ayat}}

# {{lb|en|Islam}} A [[verse]] in the [[Quran]].
#: {{syn|en|ayat}}

=====Alternative forms=====
* {{l|en|ayat}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|a South Asian maid or nanny}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|baboe|f}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|आया|f}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|ఆయా}}
* Urdu: {{t+|ur|آیا|f|tr=āyā}}
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{{trans-top|a verse in the Qur'an}}
* Afrikaans: {{t|af|aia}}
* Albanian: {{t|sq|ajet|m}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|آيَة|f}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|ayə}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|аят}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|আয়াত}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|ая́т|m}}
* Burmese: {{t|my|အာယသ်}}
* Chinese:
*: Dungan: {{t|dng|аети}}
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|阿亞|tr=āyà}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{t|crh|ayet}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|ája|f}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|aja|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|ajaho}}
* French: {{t+|fr|aya|m}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|אַיָּה|f|tr=ayá}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|आयत|f}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|ayat}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|アーヤ}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|аят}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|ayet}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|аят}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|а́ет|m}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|ayat}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|آیت|tr=ayet}}
* Pashto: {{t|ps|آيات|m|tr=âyât}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|آیه|tr=âye}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|aja|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ая́т|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|а́јет|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|ájet|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|aleya|f}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|оят}}, {{t|tg|оя}}
* Tatar: {{t|tt|аять}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|ayet}}
* Turkmen: {{t+|tk|aýat}}
* Urdu: {{t+|ur|آیت|f|tr=āyat}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|ئايەت}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|oyat}}
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===Further reading===
{{R:Britannica 1911|Ayah}}
* {{pedia|Āyah}}
* {{pedia|ayah (disambiguation)}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aahy|Haya|haya}}

==Indonesian==
{{wp|lang=id}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|id|ms|ayah|t=father}}, from {{inh|id|poz-pro|*aya₂|t=father’s sister, father’s sister’s husband}}, from {{inh|id|map-pro|*aya₂}}.<ref>{{cite-journal|en|author=Robert Blust|title=Early Austronesian Social Organization: The Evidence of Language [and Comments and Reply]|work=Current Anthropology|page=205–247|date=1980-04-01|url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/202430|volume=21|issue=2|issn=0011-3204|doi=10.1086/202430|author2=David F. Aberle|author3=N. J. Allen|author4=R. H. Barnes|author5=Ann Chowning}}</ref><ref>{{cite-journal|en|author=Robert Blust|title=Austronesian sibling terms and culture history|work=Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia|page=22–76|year=1993|url=https://brill.com/view/journals/bki/149/1/article-p22_2.xml|volume=149|issue=1|issn=0006-2294|doi=10.1163/22134379-90003136}}</ref> 

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|id|/a.jah/}}
* {{audio|id|LL-Q9240 (ind)-Xbypass-ayah.wav}}
* {{hyphenation|id|a|yah}}

===Noun===
{{id-noun}}

# {{lb|id|formal}} [[father]] {{gloss|male parent}} {{C|id|Family}}
#: {{syn|id|Thesaurus:ayah}}

====Derived terms====
{{id-der|lang=id|340|40}}

====See also====
* {{l|id|bung}}

===References===
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===Further reading===
* {{R:KBBI Daring}}
* {{R:map:ACD|aya2}}

==Malay==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ms|[a.jah]}}
** {{audio|ms|Ms-MY-ayah.ogg}}
* {{rhymes|ms|jah|ah|s2=2}}
* {{hyph|ms|a|yah}}

===Etymology 1===
{{wp|lang=ms}}
From {{inh|ms|poz-pro|*aya|t=father’s sister, father’s sister’s husband}}, from {{inh|ms|map-pro|*aya}}.<ref>{{R:map:ACD|aya2}}</ref>

====Noun====
{{ms-noun|j=ايه}}

# {{lb|ms|formal|polite}} A [[father]] {{gloss|male parent}}. {{C|ms|Family}}
#: {{syn|ms|abah|bapa|rama}}
#: {{uxi|ms|'''ayah''' Daniel|Daniel's '''father'''}}

=====Affixations=====
{{der4|ms|berayah|berayahkan|keayahan|ayahanda}}

=====Compounds=====
{{der4|ms
| {{l|ms|ayah tiri||stepfather}}
| {{l|ms|ayah angkat||adoptive father}}
}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|id|ayah}}
* {{desc|pea|ajah}}

===Etymology 2===
{{wp|Amah (occupation)}}
Borrowed from {{bor|ms|hi|आया}}, from {{der|ms|pt|aia}}.

====Noun====
{{ms-noun|j=ايه}}

# {{lb|ms|dated}} A [[nursemaid]], usually one of [[Indian]] ancestry.

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|ms|amah}}

====See also====
* {{l|ms|pengasuh|gloss=[[caretaker]]}}
* {{l|ms|pembantu rumah|gloss=[[domestic worker]]}}

===References===
{{reflist}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:KD4}}
* {{R:PRPM}}