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ayah::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | domestic, domestic help, house servant |
Examples of ayah
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Sometimes, the meaning of an ayah is wholly dependent on its historical background.
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This ayah is like scolding someone for them forgetting the most obvious.
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Ayah showed her product at the Maker Faire last year and what she noticed was interesting.
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Ayah grew up in Lebanon where she got a computer engineering degree.
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Muslims believe that each ayah of the Qur'an is a sign from God.
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She's as rudely dismissive of her ayah in India as she is of the maid Martha Sowerby whom she encounters when, suddenly orphaned, she's shipped to England.
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It is important because the meaning of the ayah is more clearly understood once the circumstances in which they were revealed are known.
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- (in India) a native nursemaid who looks after children
- u0100yah (/u02C8u0251u02D0ju0259/; Arabic: u0622u064Au0629u200Eu200E; plural: u0101yu0101t u0622u064Au0627u062A) means "evidence" or "sign". In the context of Islam's principal scripture, the Quran, ayah is used to mean "verse", i.e. each statement or paragraph marked by a number.
- An amah or ayah (, German: Amme, Medieval Latin: amma; or ayah Hindi: u0101yu0101 or amma, Portuguese: aia, Latin: avia, Tagalog: yaya) is a girl or woman employed by a family to clean, look after children, and perform other domestic tasks.
- A native female servant or maid, especially working for Europeans in South Asia
- Literally translates as a "miracle or sign". This is the smallest unit of revelation (verse) contained in the Holy Quran.
- Native nurse or servant maid (elsewhere in the Far East, e.g. Hong Kong, also known as amah)
- Nurse, generally hired to take care of children, there's some spillover from the "English governess". Perhaps the best example would be Ms. Braganza.
- Means a sign which leads or directs one to something important. An individual verse in the Quran.
- A nurse or maid native to India, from the Hindi AyA from the Portuguese aia, from the Latin avia, grandmother.
