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Example sentences for: ayah

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Begum `high-ranking Muslim lady' derives ultimately from Eastern Turkic, while cowrie `a type of sea shell' comes from Tamil or Malayalam kavati via Hindi kauri or kaudi . Two Hindi loanwords have their origin in Europe: ayah `native maid or nurse,' the Hindi version of Portuguese aia , and pulton or pultun `infantry regiment,' adapted from paltan , the Hindi version of English battalion .