Definitions for ayah

ayah a·yah

Spelling: [ah-yuh]
IPA: /ˈɑ yə/

Ayah is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 15 anagrams from letters in ayah (aahy).

Definitions for ayah

noun

  1. (in India) a native maid or nurse.

Origin of ayah

1775-85; Hindi āyā Portuguese aia maidservant Latin avia grandmother, equivalent to av(us) grandfather + -ia feminine suffix

Examples for ayah

ayah and little Fay were in the nursery across the passage, where there was a fire.

In that case, the ayah, the housemaid is of more consequence than you.

As I have told you, she was his ayah, and has behaved most nobly.

ayah Abu Basheer is a lecturer at the Islamic University in Gaza City.

I do not see why you should not say that you had been his ayah, and had saved his life, and brought him up.

ayah might not be exactly beautiful, but she was harmonious.

Since the night of ayah's departure there had not been such a scene.

To the right you may observe an ayah spoiling some young Britons.

I was saved by the fidelity of an ayah, who had been in the family for ten years.

They had been happy, ayah said, with the kind lady and her children.

Word Value for ayah
Scrable

10

Words with friends

8

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