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/ˈaɪ.ə/ · noun
A South Asian female servant, maid or nanny, historically, often one working for Europeans in South Asia..
She manufactured the Station scandal, and talked to her ayah.
[…] a cot of iron had to be manufactured for [Bhim] after he had demolished two wooden cribs with a lusty kick of his foot; and a succession of bruised ayahs had finally to be replaced by a male attendant, a former Hastinapur all-in wrestling champion.
Use ayah when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ayah means A South Asian female servant, maid or nanny, historically, often one working for Europeans in South Asia..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
She manufactured the Station scandal, and talked to her ayah.
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