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laya

laya noun: tempo in Indian music.

Noun

laya (uncountable)

  1. tempo in Indian music.

Proper noun capitalized: Laya

Laya

  1. A gewog of Gasa District, Bhutan.

Origin of laya

Borrowed from Dzongkha ལ་ཡག་ (la yag).

Questions about laya

What does laya mean?
Laya means tempo in Indian music.
What part of speech is laya?
Laya can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near laya in the dictionary

  1. lay-offs
  2. lay-out
  3. lay-outs
  4. lay-up
  5. lay-ups
  6. laya
  7. layabout
  8. layabouts
  9. Layac
  10. layan
  11. layaned

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