(in India) a native nursemaid who looks after children
English: ayah
Bahasa: ayat
ayahEnglish
father, ayah, begetter, beginner, dad
Very common
#304 of the corpus · 400.6 per million words · 1,710,779 occurrences
Noun
An informal term for a father, probably derived from baby talk
English: dad, dada, daddy, pa, papa, pappa, pop
A male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
English: father, male parent, begetter
2 more noun senses
The founder of a family
English: forefather, father, sire
Bahasa: bapa, leluhur, pengasas, nenek moyang
Less certain link between this word and this sense.
A person who founds or establishes some institution
English: founder, beginner, founding father, father
Bahasa: bapa, pemula, pendiri, pencipta, penemu, pengasas
Less certain link between this word and this sense.
Adjective
Relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent
English: parental, maternal, paternal
Bahasa: ibu, paternalis, orang tua