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ayira

ayira / ayyira

adjectif & substantif (masculin) : arya ; noble, digne, distingué, de haute naissance

Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede

ayira (& ayyira) (n.-adj.) [Vedic ārya,Metathesis for ariya as diaeretic form of ārya,of which the contracted (assimilation) form is ayya.See also ariya] (n.) ariyan,nobleman,gentleman (opp.servant); (adj.) arīyan,wellborn,belonging to the ruling race,noble,aristocratic,gentlemanly J.V,257; Vv 396.– f.ayirā lady,mistress (of a servant) J.II,349 (v.l.oyyakā); Voc.ayire my lady J.V,138 (= ayye C.).