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From various Indian languages (e.g. Hindi आया (āyā, “dry nurse, nanny”)), from Portuguese aia (“nurse, governess”), from Latin avia (“grandmother”).

Borrowed from Arabic آيَة (ʔāya, “sign, token”).

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: baboe — a South Asian maid or nanny
• Hindi: आया (āyā) — a South Asian maid or nanny
• Tamil: ஆயா (āyā) — a South Asian maid or nanny
• Telugu: ఆయా (āyā) — a South Asian maid or nanny
• Urdu: آیا (āyā) — a South Asian maid or nanny
• Afrikaans: aia — a verse in the Qur'an
• Albanian: ajet — a verse in the Qur'an
• Arabic: آيَة (ʔāya) — a verse in the Qur'an
• Azerbaijani: ayə — a verse in the Qur'an
• Bashkir: аят (ayat) — a verse in the Qur'an
• Bengali: আয়াত (aẏat) — a verse in the Qur'an
• Bulgarian: ая́т (aját) — a verse in the Qur'an
• Burmese: အာယသ် (ayas) — a verse in the Qur'an
• Chinese: аети (aiəti) — a verse in the Qur'an
• Chinese Mandarin: 阿亞 /阿亚 (āyà) — a verse in the Qur'an
• Crimean Tatar: ayet — a verse in the Qur'an
• Czech: ája — a verse in the Qur'an
• Dutch: aja — a verse in the Qur'an
• Esperanto: ajaho — a verse in the Qur'an
• French: aya — a verse in the Qur'an
• Gujarati: આયત (āyat) — a verse in the Qur'an
• Hebrew: אַיָּה (ayá) — a verse in the Qur'an
• Hindi: आयत (āyat) — a verse in the Qur'an
• Indonesian: ayat — a verse in the Qur'an
• Japanese: アーヤ — a verse in the Qur'an
• Kazakh: аят (aät) — a verse in the Qur'an
• Northern Kurdish: ayet — a verse in the Qur'an
• Kyrgyz: аят (ayat) — a verse in the Qur'an
• Macedonian: а́ет (áet) — a verse in the Qur'an
• Malay: ayat — a verse in the Qur'an
• Pashto: آيات (âyât) — a verse in the Qur'an
• Persian: آیه (âye) — a verse in the Qur'an
• Polish: aja — a verse in the Qur'an
• Russian: ая́т (aját) — a verse in the Qur'an
• Serbo-Croatian: а́јет — a verse in the Qur'an
• Serbo-Croatian: ájet — a verse in the Qur'an
• Spanish: aleya — a verse in the Qur'an
• Tajik: оят (oyat) — a verse in the Qur'an
• Tajik: оя (oya) — a verse in the Qur'an
• Tatar: аять (ayät) — a verse in the Qur'an
• Turkish: ayet — a verse in the Qur'an
• Ottoman Turkish: آیت (ayet) — a verse in the Qur'an
• Turkmen: aýat — a verse in the Qur'an
• Urdu: آیت (āyat) — a verse in the Qur'an
• Uyghur: ئايەت (ayet) — a verse in the Qur'an
• Uzbek: oyat — a verse in the Qur'an