Definitions
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- noun A verse of the Koran.
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- noun Alternative form of
ayah .
Etymologies
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Another reading may be, as suggested by the Commentator, _putro nú'aya'sritadraoyah_, "not the son whose paternal estate another holds," which is adopted by
Hindu Law and Judicature from the Dharma-Sástra of Yájnavalkya W.A [Translator] Montriou
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There is no need to trot out his ghost as a boogeyman (aya jibo) to scare Ethiopians, or to warn the world he will be back unless Zenawi stands sentry.
Alemayehu G. Mariam: The Ghost and the Spirit Alemayehu G. Mariam 2010
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Dono drop ho gaye to hamare paas rebound mein aya.
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There is no need to trot out his ghost as a boogeyman (aya jibo) to scare Ethiopians, or to warn the world he will be back unless Zenawi stands sentry.
Alemayehu G. Mariam: The Ghost and the Spirit Alemayehu G. Mariam 2010
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January 6th, 2010 - 2:09:39 PM yo r kick donkey Mike! throw yo boxing gloves up! aya.
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There is no need to trot out his ghost as a boogeyman aya jibo to scare Ethiopians, or to warn the world he will be back unless Zenawi stands sentry.
Alemayehu G. Mariam: The Ghost and the Spirit Alemayehu G. Mariam 2010
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The girl would give everything to her lover, and at last cries out: ‘O, aya! my mother116 give myself to him; and give him all that you have in the world; get out yourself to ask for alms, and do not come back and forward looking for me’.
Later Articles and Reviews W.B. Yeats 2000
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May 17, 2009 at 12:12 pm aya R teg grate an wunderfluff Kitteh ob OZ!
I assume this is important….. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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Alfonso X (1221-1284), King of Castile and León, began his reign in a highly characteristic manner, by bringing together the staff of the University of Salamanca and explicity demanding que aya un maestro en organo (that there should be an organ teacher).
Archive 2009-07-01 Lu 2009
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Ohh I likee dis floofie hankii — I fink aya weel ooze onna da tishoos and keepz dis hankie nicee and snotty fwee!
Landing - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
asativum commented on the word aya
The dawn, bride of Shamash, in The Epic of Gilgamesh.
June 17, 2008