Definition of "ayah" []

• A native maid or nursemaid in India. (noun)

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• "And yet, after watching the film last night, I remembered the following ayah from the Qur'an:"
• "For which reason she called her ayah, while the Sahib was in his bath before dinner and said to her hurriedly:"
• "India is the problem, and your ayah is the answer."