យាយ

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic យាយ yāy WT romanisation yiəy (standard) IPA(key) /jiəj/

Etymology 1

Compare Northern Khmer แย็ย and Thai ยาย (yaai).

Noun

យាយ • (yiəy)

1. grandmother
2. (colloquial, slang) sugar mama

Synonyms

• ដូន (doun)
• អយ្យកា (ʼayyĕəʼkaa)

Etymology 2

Clipping of និយាយ (niyiəy)

Verb

យាយ • (yiəy) (abstract noun ការយាយ)

1. (slang) Aphetic form of និយាយ (niyiəy): to speak, say, talk, relate, tell
2. (slang) to narrate
3. (slang) to discuss, talk over
4. (slang) to be involved (with), get involved (with)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• yāya (Latin script)
• 𑀬𑀸𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• याय (Devanagari script)
• যায (Bengali script)
• යාය (Sinhalese script)
• ယာယ or ယႃယ (Burmese script)
• ยาย or ยายะ (Thai script)
• ᨿᩣᨿ (Tai Tham script)
• ຍາຍ or ຍາຍະ or ຢາຢະ (Lao script)
• 𑄠𑄂𑄠 (Chakma script)

Pronoun

យាយ

1. Khmer script form of yāya, which is genitive/dative/ablative/instrumental/locative singular of យា (yā, “who (f.)”)