Where does “ayaʼ” come from?

ayaʼ (Makasar) comes from Malay ayat, from Arabic آيَة — sign, token.

ayaʼ (Makasar): waist; middle of the body

Definitions

  1. waist; middle of the body

Ancestry of “ayaʼ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayayatsentence
2Arabicآيَةsign, token

Words derived from “ayaʼ”

Every word from Arabic آيَة →Every word from Malay ayat →