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• ya
  ya

  pronoun

  you.
• yā
  yā

  noun

  the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
• YA
  YA

  abbreviation

  young adult.

ya

¹ American  

[yuh] / yə /

pronoun

Informal.

1. you.

   Give me a hand, will ya?

2. your.

   Where's ya brother?

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ya ² American  

[yah] / yɑ /

interjection

Informal.

1. a variant of yeah.

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yā ³ American  

[yah] / yɑ /

noun

1. the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.

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YA ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. young adult.

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Etymology

Origin of ya¹

First recorded in 1820–25; a phonetic spelling representing the pronunciation of you and your in continuous rapid speech

Origin of yā³

From Arabic

Example Sentences

“That was terrifying,” he recalled of his arrest,”that was a terrifying four days but ya girl’s gonna be all right.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Valenzuela necesitaba 12 votos de ese comité para entrar en el Salón de la Fama, pero no los consiguió, ya que recibió menos de cinco.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2025

Cignetti, smiling through that permanent I told ya so smirk, brushed off Indiana’s new status as the No. 1 heavy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025

One activist wore a Donald Trump mask and held a sign that read: "It's capitalism, ya eejits".

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025

I told her if she lost her shit, everybody would be talking, ya know?”

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas