Where does “ايا” come from?

ايا (South Levantine Arabic) comes from Arabic إِيَّا — pronoun carrier.

ايا (South Levantine Arabic): object particle with an attached suffix pronoun

Definitions

  1. object particle with an attached suffix pronoun

Ancestry of “ايا”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicإِيَّاpronoun carrier
Every word from Arabic إِيَّا →
ايا — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer