ஐயா
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Alternative forms
- அய்யா (ayyā)
Etymology
Vocative singular of ஐயன் (aiyaṉ), cognate with Telugu అయ్య (ayya).
Pronunciation
Noun
ஐயா • (aiyā)
- respectable term of addressing a man; sir
- (dialectal) father
- Coordinate term: அம்மா (ammā)
Descendants
- → Sinhalese: අය්යා (ayyā)
References
- Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022) “ஐயா”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]
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