ayah

n. 女仆, 保姆

发音

/ˈaɪ.ə/
/ˈaɪ.(j)ɑː/
/ˈɑːjə/

词形变化

ayahs 复数 ayat 复数

别名

ayat

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A South Asian female servant, maid or nanny, historically, often one working for Europeans in South Asia.

  2. 1.

    A verse in the Quran.

    阿亚

    宗教

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

domestic

词源

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

来源：wiktionary