ஐயா

Tamil

Alternative forms

அய்யா (ayyā)

Etymology

Vocative singular of ஐயன் (aiyaṉ), cognate with Telugu అయ్య (ayya).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɐɪ̯jaː/

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 India [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]

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