(n.) A native nurse for children; also, a lady's maid.
Example Sentences:
(1) 47% of parents heard about the vaccination through word of mouth, either from health workers, volunteers or "balwadi ayahs," women day-care workers.
(2) Building settlements is a crime, building settlements is against all international laws,” the Palestinian tourism and antiquities minister, Rula Ma’ayah, said on Tuesday.
(3) "I think they still think Asian women should be their ayahs, their nursemaids, or selling them takeaways.
(4) In At the Point of the Bayonet ("A Tale of the Mahratta War"), Harry Lindsay's parents are massacred and he is brought up by a faithful old ayah as a native.
(5) "I am so happy," said Aum Ayah, a young woman who joined the festivities.
Rayah
Definition:
(n.) A person not a Mohammedan, who pays the capitation tax.