ayah
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noun \ˈī-ə; ˈä-yə, -(ˌ)yä\Definition of AYAH
: a nurse or maid native to India
Origin of AYAH
Hindi & Urdu āyā, from Portuguese aia, from Latin avia grandmother
First Known Use: 1779
Rhymes with AYAH
aba, Accra, aha, Allah, amah, Armagh, Artois, Bekaa, bourgeois, brava, chamois, Chechnya, Chita, chutzpah, compas, Degas, dolma, Dubois, Dunois, éclat, fa la, faux pas, fellah, Fermat, feta, foie gras, gaga, galah, Galois, goombah, grandma, grandpa, ha-ha, halvah, Hama, hoo-ha, hoopla, Hsia, hurrah, huzzah, Konya, Makah, Marat, markka, Maurois, mirepoix, mudra, Oita, oompah, opah, Oujda, quinoa, paisa, pasha, patois, pooh-bah, prutah, pya, Sanaa, sangfroid, selah, Seurat, Shema, Shoah, sol-fa, supra, Syrah, ta-ta, tola, Tonghua, Ufa, Utah, Vaudois, viva, voilà, wah-wah, whoopla
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