A native maid or nursemaid in India.
[Hindi āyā, from Portuguese aia, nursemaid, from Latin avia, grandmother.]
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
an Indian nursemaid who looks after children
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- This article is about the Qur'an. For the Hindi word for "nurse," see Amah.
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Ayah (آية ʾāyatun, plural Ayat آيات ʾāyātun) is the Arabic word for sign or miracle. The word usually refers to each one of the 6236 verses[1] found in the Qur'an (6348 ayat counting the basmalas). Muslims regard each ayah of the Qur'an as a sign from God.
The verse number is usually written at the start of each verse, and a symbol at the end. This symbol is , end of Ayah. Its Unicode number is U+06DD and also denotes the end of a sura.
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