Where does “അയ്യൻ” come from?

അയ്യൻ (Malayalam) comes from Pali ayya, from Sanskrit आर्य, from Pali อริย — Thai script form of ariya.

അയ്യൻ (Malayalam): father, lord

Definitions

  1. father, lord

Ancestry of “അയ്യൻ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Paliayyanoble
2Sanskritआर्यan Indo-Aryan, i.e. an Ārya, a self-designator of...
3PaliอริยThai script form of ariya
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