Definitions for ayahs

ayahs a·yah

Spelling: [ah-yuh]
IPA: /ˈɑ yə/

Ayahs is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 37 anagrams from letters in ayahs (aahsy).

Definitions for ayahs

noun

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

Origin of ayahs

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

Examples for ayahs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Word Value for ayahs
Scrable

10

Words with friends

8

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