ayah
an Indian maid or nurse, especially one employed in a colonial household.
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The most complicated part was coding the text-messaging system, ayah recalls.
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The day before the steamer reached Southampton, Mamma asked her if she would not like to see the ayah again.
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All, that is, save Nina's ayah, who opportunely produced a bottle of smelling-salts and passed it to the mem-sahib.
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It was the next morning, and Nina's ayah sat on a chair in the passage, guarding the door of her mistress's room.
The Tigress | Anne WarnerWhen Colonel Darling returned from parade the ayah was gone from the passage-way outside his wife's room.
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British Dictionary definitions for ayah
/ (ˈaɪə) /
(in the East, Africa, and other parts of the former British Empire) a maidservant, nursemaid, or governess, esp one of Indian or Malay origin: Compare amah
Origin of ayah
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