The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Ayira
Ayira (& Ayyira) (n. -- adj.) [Vedic !rya, Metathesis for ariya as diaeretic form of !rya, of which the
contracted (assimilation) form is ayya. See also ariya] (n.) ariyan, nobleman, gentleman (opp. servant);
(adj.) ar"yan, well-born, belonging to the ruling race, noble, aristocratic, gentlemanly J v.257; Vv 396. -- f.
ayir! lady, mistress (of a servant) J ii.349 (v. l. oyyak!); voc. ayire my lady J v.138 (= ayye C.).
Ayiraka
Ayiraka = ayira; cp. ariyaka & ayyaka; D iii.190 (v. l. BB yy); J ii.313.
Ayo & Aya
Ayo & Aya (nt.) [Sk. aya1 nt. iron & ore, Idg. *ajes -- , cp. Av. ayah, Lat. aes, Goth. aiz, Ohg. /r (= Ger.
Erz.), Ags. !r (= E. ore).] iron. The nom. ayo found only in set of 5 metals forming an alloy of gold
(j!tar(pa), viz. ayo, loha (copper), tipu (tin), s"sa (lead), sajjha (silver) A iii.16 = S v.92; of obl. cases only
the instr. ayas! occurs Dh 240 (= ayato DhA iii.344); Pv i.1013 (pa&ikujjita, of Niraya). -- Iron is the
material used kat)e)coxh/n in the outfit & construction of Purgatory or Niraya (see niraya & Av"ci & cp.
Vism 56 sq.). -- In compn. both ayo˚ & aya˚ occur as bases. I. ayo˚: -- kap!la an iron pot A iv.70 (v. l.
˚guhala); Nd2 304 iii. d 2 (of Niraya). -- k(&a an iron hammer PvA 284. -- kh"la an iron stake S v.444; M
iii.183 = Nd2 304 iii. c; SnA 479. -- gu)a an iron ball S v.283; Dh 308; It 43 = 90; Th 2, 489; DA i.84. --
ghana an iron club Ud 93; VvA 20. -- ghara an iron house J iv.492. -- pa&ala an iron roof or ceiling (of
Niraya) PvA 52. -- p!k!ra an iron fence Pv i.1013 = Nd2 304 iii. d 1. -- maya made of iron Sn 669 (k(&a); J
iv.492 (n!v!); Pv i.1014 (bh(mi of N.); PvA 43, 52. -- muggara an iron club PvA 55. -- sanku an iron spike
S iv.168; Sn 667. II. aya˚: -- kap!la = ayo˚ DhA i.148 (v. l. ayo˚). -k!ra a worker in iron Miln 331. -- k(&a =
ayo˚ J i.108; DhA ii.69 (v. l.). -- nangala an iron plough DhA i.223; iii.67. -- pa&&aka an iron plate or sheet
(cp. loha˚) J v.359. -- pa&havi an iron floor (of Av"ci) DhA i.148. -- sangh!&aka an iron (door) post DhA
iv.104. -- s(la an iron stake Sn 667; DhA i.148.
Ayojjha
Ayojjha (adj.) [Sk. ayodhya] not to be conquered or sub- dued M ii.24.
Ayya
Ayya (n. -- adj.) [contracted form for the diaeretic ariya (q. v. for etym.). See also ayira] (a) (n.) gentleman,
sire, lord, master J iii.167 = PvA 65; DhA i.8 (ayy! pl. the worthy gentlemen, the worthies), 13 (amh!ka'
ayyo our worthy Sir); ii.95. -- (b) (adj.) worthy, gentlemanly, honourable Vin ii.191; DhA ii.94 sq. -- The
voc. is used as a polite form of address (cp. Ger. "Sie" and E. address "Esq.") like E. Sir, milord or simply
"you" with the implication of a pluralis majestatis; thus voc. proper ayya J i.221, 279, 308; pl. nom. as voc.
ayy! in addressing several J ii.128, 415; nom. sg. as voc. (for all genders & numbers) ayyo Vin ii.215; J
iii.126, 127. -- f. ayy! lady, mistress M ii.96 (= mother of a prince); DhA i.398; voc. ayye my lady J v.138.
-- putta lit. son of an Ariyan, i. e. an aristocratic (young) man gentleman (cp. in meaning kulaputta); thus
(a) son of my master (lit.) said by a servant J iii.167; (b) lord, master, "governor" J i.62 (by a servant); DA
i.257 (= s!mi, opp. d!si -- putta); PvA 145 (by a wife to her husband); DhA ii.110; (c) prince (see
W.Z.K.M. xii., 1898, 75 sq. & Epigraphia Indica iii.137 sq.) J vi.146.
Ayyaka
Ayyaka [demin. of ayya] grandfather, (so also BSk., e. g. M Vastu ii.426; iii.264) J iii.155; iv.146; vi.196;
Pv i.84; Miln 284. ayyaka -- payyak! grandfather & great grandfather,
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