Definition of ayah in English:

ayah

noun ˈʌɪəˈaɪə

A nursemaid or nanny employed by Europeans in India or another former British territory.
Example sentencesExamples
- Young Rita, Alka's ayah, has been with them since she was sixteen.
- Is it because if we did it here the action would centre on maids and ayahs rather than wives?
- I wanted to correct the impression that Indians there were only coolies and ayahs.
- When a deadly snake, a black krait, slithered into my nursery and my ayah [Indian nanny] ran screaming from the room, her ankle bracelets chattering in panic, it was Yah Mohammed who calmly killed the krait.
- The girlish heroine, whose name itself has a poetic touch, came with a retinue of five, her parents, a hair dresser, an ayah and driver.
- She had been raised in India by an ayah, a native servant, while her father was away from home with his regiment.
- Her mother was brought up by ayahs, Indian nurses, and spoke Urdu as her first language.
- My forthcoming book has a chapter about my ayah Mango, who played games and told stories in the garden.
- Shantabai, the family servant and ayah since the girls were babies serves Baba and Veena their evening tea and witnesses something out of the ordinary: the two holding hands.
- By 1753 you could find Indians employed as servants and ayahs, nurses for children, in the households of a significant number of the British elite.
- In addition, she interviewed a range of medical practitioners including doctors, nurses, and ayahs in governmental and non-governmental organisations.
- What about the children of our chauffeur or our ayah?
- In the 17th century servants and ayahs were brought over by British families returning from India.
- As was the case with black African slaves, by the end of the eighteenth century wealthy households in Britain employed Indian servants and ayahs.
- Perhaps the biggest culture shock comes when newcomers from India realize that in America their personal army of cooks and cleaners, gardeners and drivers, ayahs and gofers is reduced to - I, me, myself.
- I told the ayah to give her away in adoption and told my husband the child was stillborn.
- Every Wednesday morning, a large crowd of hopeful ayahs, cooks and drivers would sit outside the American embassy, praying that an expat would call them for an interview.
- Rima's dusky ayah, Asha, at eighteen almost a child herself, makes up the required third player in their games.
- There are sensors which sets off an alarm in the Council's nursery to alert the ayahs when a child is placed inside.
- When an ayah tried to comfort the crying child, she inadvertently caused the scorpion hidden in its nightdress to sting repeatedly until the baby died.
Synonyms
nanny, childminder, governess, au pair, nursemaid, crèche worker, childcarer, babysitter, nursery nurse

Origin

Anglo-Indian, from Portuguese aia 'nurse', feminine of aio 'tutor'.

Rhymes

acquire, admire, afire, applier, aspire, attire, backfire, barbwire, bemire, briar, buyer, byre, choir, conspire, crier, cryer, defier, denier, desire, dire, drier, dryer, dyer, enquire, entire, esquire, expire, fire, flyer, friar, fryer, Gaia, gyre, hellfire, hire, hiya, ire, Isaiah, jambalaya, Jeremiah, Josiah, Kintyre, latria, liar, lyre, Maia, Maya, Mayer, messiah, mire, misfire, Nehemiah, Obadiah, papaya, pariah, peripeteia, perspire, playa, Praia, prior, pyre, quire, replier, scryer, shire, shyer, sire, skyer, Sophia, spire, squire, supplier, Surabaya, suspire, tier, tire, transpire, trier, tumble-dryer, tyre, Uriah, via, wire, Zechariah, Zedekiah, Zephaniah

Definition of ayah in US English:

ayah

nounˈīəˈaɪə

A native maid or nursemaid employed by Europeans in India.
Example sentencesExamples
- She had been raised in India by an ayah, a native servant, while her father was away from home with his regiment.
- I wanted to correct the impression that Indians there were only coolies and ayahs.
- Young Rita, Alka's ayah, has been with them since she was sixteen.
- There are sensors which sets off an alarm in the Council's nursery to alert the ayahs when a child is placed inside.
- What about the children of our chauffeur or our ayah?
- Rima's dusky ayah, Asha, at eighteen almost a child herself, makes up the required third player in their games.
- When an ayah tried to comfort the crying child, she inadvertently caused the scorpion hidden in its nightdress to sting repeatedly until the baby died.
- Every Wednesday morning, a large crowd of hopeful ayahs, cooks and drivers would sit outside the American embassy, praying that an expat would call them for an interview.
- In addition, she interviewed a range of medical practitioners including doctors, nurses, and ayahs in governmental and non-governmental organisations.
- By 1753 you could find Indians employed as servants and ayahs, nurses for children, in the households of a significant number of the British elite.
- When a deadly snake, a black krait, slithered into my nursery and my ayah [Indian nanny] ran screaming from the room, her ankle bracelets chattering in panic, it was Yah Mohammed who calmly killed the krait.
- Shantabai, the family servant and ayah since the girls were babies serves Baba and Veena their evening tea and witnesses something out of the ordinary: the two holding hands.
- Is it because if we did it here the action would centre on maids and ayahs rather than wives?
- In the 17th century servants and ayahs were brought over by British families returning from India.
- The girlish heroine, whose name itself has a poetic touch, came with a retinue of five, her parents, a hair dresser, an ayah and driver.
- I told the ayah to give her away in adoption and told my husband the child was stillborn.
- Perhaps the biggest culture shock comes when newcomers from India realize that in America their personal army of cooks and cleaners, gardeners and drivers, ayahs and gofers is reduced to - I, me, myself.
- Her mother was brought up by ayahs, Indian nurses, and spoke Urdu as her first language.
- My forthcoming book has a chapter about my ayah Mango, who played games and told stories in the garden.
- As was the case with black African slaves, by the end of the eighteenth century wealthy households in Britain employed Indian servants and ayahs.
Synonyms
nanny, childminder, governess, au pair, nursemaid, crèche worker, childcarer, babysitter, nursery nurse

Origin

Anglo-Indian, from Portuguese aia ‘nurse’, feminine of aio ‘tutor’.

单词	ayah
释义	Definition of ayah in English: ayah noun ˈʌɪəˈaɪə A nursemaid or nanny employed by Europeans in India or another former British territory. Example sentencesExamples Young Rita, Alka's ayah, has been with them since she was sixteen. Is it because if we did it here the action would centre on maids and ayahs rather than wives? I wanted to correct the impression that Indians there were only coolies and ayahs. When a deadly snake, a black krait, slithered into my nursery and my ayah [Indian nanny] ran screaming from the room, her ankle bracelets chattering in panic, it was Yah Mohammed who calmly killed the krait. The girlish heroine, whose name itself has a poetic touch, came with a retinue of five, her parents, a hair dresser, an ayah and driver. She had been raised in India by an ayah, a native servant, while her father was away from home with his regiment. Her mother was brought up by ayahs, Indian nurses, and spoke Urdu as her first language. My forthcoming book has a chapter about my ayah Mango, who played games and told stories in the garden. Shantabai, the family servant and ayah since the girls were babies serves Baba and Veena their evening tea and witnesses something out of the ordinary: the two holding hands. By 1753 you could find Indians employed as servants and ayahs, nurses for children, in the households of a significant number of the British elite. In addition, she interviewed a range of medical practitioners including doctors, nurses, and ayahs in governmental and non-governmental organisations. What about the children of our chauffeur or our ayah? In the 17th century servants and ayahs were brought over by British families returning from India. As was the case with black African slaves, by the end of the eighteenth century wealthy households in Britain employed Indian servants and ayahs. Perhaps the biggest culture shock comes when newcomers from India realize that in America their personal army of cooks and cleaners, gardeners and drivers, ayahs and gofers is reduced to - I, me, myself. I told the ayah to give her away in adoption and told my husband the child was stillborn. Every Wednesday morning, a large crowd of hopeful ayahs, cooks and drivers would sit outside the American embassy, praying that an expat would call them for an interview. Rima's dusky ayah, Asha, at eighteen almost a child herself, makes up the required third player in their games. There are sensors which sets off an alarm in the Council's nursery to alert the ayahs when a child is placed inside. When an ayah tried to comfort the crying child, she inadvertently caused the scorpion hidden in its nightdress to sting repeatedly until the baby died. Synonyms nanny, childminder, governess, au pair, nursemaid, crèche worker, childcarer, babysitter, nursery nurse Origin Anglo-Indian, from Portuguese aia 'nurse', feminine of aio 'tutor'. Rhymes acquire, admire, afire, applier, aspire, attire, backfire, barbwire, bemire, briar, buyer, byre, choir, conspire, crier, cryer, defier, denier, desire, dire, drier, dryer, dyer, enquire, entire, esquire, expire, fire, flyer, friar, fryer, Gaia, gyre, hellfire, hire, hiya, ire, Isaiah, jambalaya, Jeremiah, Josiah, Kintyre, latria, liar, lyre, Maia, Maya, Mayer, messiah, mire, misfire, Nehemiah, Obadiah, papaya, pariah, peripeteia, perspire, playa, Praia, prior, pyre, quire, replier, scryer, shire, shyer, sire, skyer, Sophia, spire, squire, supplier, Surabaya, suspire, tier, tire, transpire, trier, tumble-dryer, tyre, Uriah, via, wire, Zechariah, Zedekiah, Zephaniah Definition of ayah in US English: ayah nounˈīəˈaɪə A native maid or nursemaid employed by Europeans in India. Example sentencesExamples She had been raised in India by an ayah, a native servant, while her father was away from home with his regiment. I wanted to correct the impression that Indians there were only coolies and ayahs. Young Rita, Alka's ayah, has been with them since she was sixteen. There are sensors which sets off an alarm in the Council's nursery to alert the ayahs when a child is placed inside. What about the children of our chauffeur or our ayah? Rima's dusky ayah, Asha, at eighteen almost a child herself, makes up the required third player in their games. When an ayah tried to comfort the crying child, she inadvertently caused the scorpion hidden in its nightdress to sting repeatedly until the baby died. Every Wednesday morning, a large crowd of hopeful ayahs, cooks and drivers would sit outside the American embassy, praying that an expat would call them for an interview. In addition, she interviewed a range of medical practitioners including doctors, nurses, and ayahs in governmental and non-governmental organisations. By 1753 you could find Indians employed as servants and ayahs, nurses for children, in the households of a significant number of the British elite. When a deadly snake, a black krait, slithered into my nursery and my ayah [Indian nanny] ran screaming from the room, her ankle bracelets chattering in panic, it was Yah Mohammed who calmly killed the krait. Shantabai, the family servant and ayah since the girls were babies serves Baba and Veena their evening tea and witnesses something out of the ordinary: the two holding hands. Is it because if we did it here the action would centre on maids and ayahs rather than wives? In the 17th century servants and ayahs were brought over by British families returning from India. The girlish heroine, whose name itself has a poetic touch, came with a retinue of five, her parents, a hair dresser, an ayah and driver. I told the ayah to give her away in adoption and told my husband the child was stillborn. Perhaps the biggest culture shock comes when newcomers from India realize that in America their personal army of cooks and cleaners, gardeners and drivers, ayahs and gofers is reduced to - I, me, myself. Her mother was brought up by ayahs, Indian nurses, and spoke Urdu as her first language. My forthcoming book has a chapter about my ayah Mango, who played games and told stories in the garden. As was the case with black African slaves, by the end of the eighteenth century wealthy households in Britain employed Indian servants and ayahs. Synonyms nanny, childminder, governess, au pair, nursemaid, crèche worker, childcarer, babysitter, nursery nurse Origin Anglo-Indian, from Portuguese aia ‘nurse’, feminine of aio ‘tutor’.
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