First Known Use: 1779
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ayah
noun \ˈī-ə; ˈä-yə, -(ˌ)yä\
Definition of AYAH
: a nurse or maid native to India
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Origin of AYAH
Hindi & Urdu āyā, from Portuguese aia, from Latin avia grandmother
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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