baya
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of baya
From the Hindi word ba(i)yā
Example Sentences
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He also, says Bergen, will need to collect "baya", or allegiance, from far flung al-Qaeda affiliates spread from Southeast Asia to Yemen to North Africa.
From Time ● May 18, 2011
Sometimes the strand adheres to the main part of the blade at the tip so firmly that the force of the flying baya is not sufficient to sever it.
From A Bird Calendar for Northern India by Dewar, Douglas
Where could she possibly have gone, for baya saw no exit?
From Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 by De Benneville, James S. (James Seguin)
The baya is easily tamed, and will fetch and carry at command.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various
Not in the least daunted the baya makes a fresh effort and flies off, still gripping the strand firmly.
From A Bird Calendar for Northern India by Dewar, Douglas
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