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ayat

/ˈaɪ.(j)ɑt/

ayat is the alternative form of ayah.

ayat is the plural of ayah.

Meaning of ayah

Noun (1)

ayah (plural ayahs)

  1. A South Asian female servant, maid or nanny, historically, often one working for Europeans in South Asia.
    • She manufactured the Station scandal, and talked to her ayah.1888, Rudyard Kipling, “Watches of the Night”, in Plain Tales from the Hills (fiction)

Noun (2)

ayah (plural ayahs or ayat)

  1. A verse in the Quran.

Forms of ayat

pluralayats

Origin of ayat

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

Questions about ayat

What is ayat the alternative form of?
Ayat is the alternative form of ayah.
How do you pronounce ayat?
Ayat is pronounced /ˈaɪ.(j)ɑt/.

Words near ayat in the dictionary

  1. Ayars
  2. Ayarses
  3. ayas
  4. Ayase
  5. Ayasoluk
  6. ayat
  7. ayatolla
  8. ayatollah
  9. ayatollahs
  10. ayatollas
  11. ayats

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