آية

See also: أية, إيه, ايه, and آیه

Arabic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *awayat-. Cognate with Hebrew אוֹת (ʾōṯ, “sign”) and Aramaic אתא (ʾāṯā, “sign”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaː.ja/

Noun

آيَة • (ʔāya) f (plural آيَات (ʔāyāt))

1. sign, token

   آيَةُ ٱللّٰه

   ʔāyatu llāh

   ayatollah

   (literally, “sign of God”)

2. verse (of a holy book, such as the Quran or Bible)
3. prodigy, marvel

Declension

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	آيَة ʔāya	الْآيَة al-ʔāya	آيَة ʔāyat
Nominative	آيَةٌ ʔāyatun	الْآيَةُ al-ʔāyatu	آيَةُ ʔāyatu
Accusative	آيَةً ʔāyatan	الْآيَةَ al-ʔāyata	آيَةَ ʔāyata
Genitive	آيَةٍ ʔāyatin	الْآيَةِ al-ʔāyati	آيَةِ ʔāyati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	آيَتَيْن ʔāyatayn	الْآيَتَيْن al-ʔāyatayn	آيَتَيْ ʔāyatay
Nominative	آيَتَانِ ʔāyatāni	الْآيَتَانِ al-ʔāyatāni	آيَتَا ʔāyatā
Accusative	آيَتَيْنِ ʔāyatayni	الْآيَتَيْنِ al-ʔāyatayni	آيَتَيْ ʔāyatay
Genitive	آيَتَيْنِ ʔāyatayni	الْآيَتَيْنِ al-ʔāyatayni	آيَتَيْ ʔāyatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	آيَات ʔāyāt	الْآيَات al-ʔāyāt	آيَات ʔāyāt
Nominative	آيَاتٌ ʔāyātun	الْآيَاتُ al-ʔāyātu	آيَاتُ ʔāyātu
Accusative	آيَاتٍ ʔāyātin	الْآيَاتِ al-ʔāyāti	آيَاتِ ʔāyāti
Genitive	آيَاتٍ ʔāyātin	الْآيَاتِ al-ʔāyāti	آيَاتِ ʔāyāti

Declension of noun آيَة (ʔāya)

Descendants

• → Afar: ayyáat
• → Bashkir: аят (ayat)
• → Dutch: aja
• → English: ayah
• → Pashto: آيات (âyât)
• → Classical Persian: آیَه (āya), آیَة (āya(t)), آیَت (āyat)
  • Iranian Persian: آیه (âye)
  • Tajik: оя (oya), оят (oyat)
• → Spanish: aleya
• → Swahili: aya
• → Tausug: ayat
• → Ottoman Turkish: آیت (âyet)
  • → Turkish: ayet
• → Turkmen: aýat
• → Uyghur: ئايەت (ayet)
• → Uzbek: oyat

Proper noun

آية • (ʔāya) f

1. a female given name

Declension

Singular	singular diptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	آيَة ʔāya	—
Nominative	—	آيَةُ ʔāyatu	—
Accusative	—	آيَةَ ʔāyata	—
Genitive	—	آيَةَ ʔāyata	—

Declension of noun آيَة (ʔāya)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “آية”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 46