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ayah

[ah-yuh] / ˈɑ jə /


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Upstairs, his mother and the ayah are arguing over his mother’s handbag.

From The New Yorker Dec. 31, 2018

“They haven’t fixed it,” Amer tells the ayah.

From The New Yorker Dec. 31, 2018

“They’re tearing down the old house,” his mother tells the ayah.

From The New Yorker Dec. 31, 2018

The ayah wheels her to the doors that open onto the balcony and over the threshold.

From The New Yorker Dec. 31, 2018

She said she had applied for a UN job and they would all live in The Hague with a Dutch ayah to look after them.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy




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