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Ayah vs Rayah - What's the difference?

ayah | rayah |

As nouns the difference between ayah and rayah

is that ayah is a verse in the Quran while rayah is a member of the tax-paying lower class of Ottoman society.

ayah

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A verse in the Quran.
  • A native female servant or maid, especially working for Europeans in South Asia.
  • * 1888 , Rudyard Kipling, ‘Watches of the Night’, Plain Tales from the Hills , Folio 2005, p. 59:
    • She manufactured the Station scandal, and—talked to her ayah .

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    Anagrams

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    rayah

    English

    (wikipedia rayah)

    Alternative forms

    * raya

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pejorative) A member of the tax-paying lower class of Ottoman society.

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