# آیا
## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *āya (“palm of the hand”); cognate with Azerbaijani aya, Khakas айа (aya) and Turkmen aýa.

### Noun

آیا • (aya)
* the inner surface of the hand and foot, or the middle portion of that surface
    Synonyms: آوج (avuc), كف (kef)

#### Derived terms

* آیاق آیاسی (ayak ayası, “sole of the foot”)
* ال آیاسی (el ayası, “palm of the hand”)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: aya

### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “aya2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 370
* Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “آیا”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 90b
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آیا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 42
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Vola”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 1785
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “آیا”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 575
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “aya”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آیا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 283

## Persian
### Etymology

Compare Ancient Greek ἆρα (âra).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ˈɑː.jɑː]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ˈɑː.jɑː]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ˈɑː.jɑː]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ˈɑː.jɑː]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ˈɔː.jɔː]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ˈɒː.jɒː]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ˈɔ.jɔ]
* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Particle

| Dari | آیا |
| Iranian Persian | آیا |
| Tajik | оё |
آیا • (âyâ)
* initial interrogative particle
    آیا کسی بدینجا خواهد آمد؟. (classical pronunciation)âyâ kasê badênjâ xwâhad âmad?Will someone come here?

## Punjabi
### Verb

آیْا • (āyā)
* inflection of آݨا (āṇā, “to come; arrive”):
** masculine singular direct perfective participle
** masculine singular indicative perfective

## Urdu
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese aia.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ɑː.jɑː/

#### Noun

آیا • (āyā) f (Hindi spelling आया)
* ayah: nurse maid, nurse

#### References

* Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “آيا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀆𑀕𑀤 (āgada) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit आगत (ā́gata). Cognate with Punjabi ਆਇਆ (āiā) / آیا, Marathi आले (āle).

#### Verb

آیا • (āyā) (Hindi spelling आया)
* masculine singular perfect adjectival of آنا (ānā): came, arrived

#### References

* ↑ Oberlies, Thomas (2005) A Historical Grammar of Hindi, Grazer Vergleichende Arbeiten, →ISBN, page 36
* ↑ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “āˊgata”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

#### Further reading

* Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “آيا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.