आया

Hindi

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese aia.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.jɑː/, [äː.jäː]

Noun

आया • (āyā) f (Urdu spelling آیا)

1. ayah: nurse maid, nurse

Declension

Declension of आया (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आया āyā	आयाएँ āyāẽ
oblique	आया āyā	आयाओं āyāõ
vocative	आया āyā	आयाओ āyāo

Descendants

• → English: ayah

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀆𑀕𑀤 (āgada) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit आगत (ā́gata). Cognate with Punjabi ਆਇਆ (āiā) / آیا, Marathi आले (āle).

Verb

आया • (āyā) (Urdu spelling آیا)

1. inflection of आना (ānā):
   1. masculine singular perfective participle
   2. masculine singular perfect indicative: came, arrived

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• āyā (Latin script)
• 𑀆𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• আযা (Bengali script)
• ආයා (Sinhalese script)
• အာယာ or ဢႃယႃ (Burmese script)
• อายา (Thai script)
• ᩋᩣᨿᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ອາຍາ or ອາຢາ (Lao script)
• អាយា (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄂𑄠𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

आया (āyā)

1. Devanagari script form of āyā, which is inflection of आय:
   1. ablative singular
   2. nominative/vocative plural (āya, “income”)