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AYAH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ayah mean?
• AYAH (noun)
The noun AYAH has 1 sense:
1. (in India) a native nursemaid who looks after children
Familiarity information: AYAH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(in India) a native nursemaid who looks after children
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("ayah" is a kind of...):
domestic; domestic help; house servant (a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household)
Domain region:
Bharat; India; Republic of India (a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)
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