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4-letter words (1 found)

MAYA,

3-letter words (4 found)

AMA,MAA,MAY,YAM,

2-letter words (6 found)

AA,AM,AY,MA,MY,YA,

You can make 11 words from maya according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

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maya amya myaa ymaa ayma yama maay amay maay amay aamy aamy myaa ymaa maya amya yama ayma ayam yaam aaym aaym yaam ayam

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Definitions and meaning of maya

maya

Etymology

From Sanskrit माया (māyā).

Noun

maya (uncountable)

  1. (Hindu mythology) Magic; supernatural power as held by the gods.
  2. (Hinduism, Buddhism) The power by which the universe is made to appear; the illusion of the phenomenal world, as opposed to its true or spiritual reality.

See also

  • maya bird

Anagrams

  • Amya, Ayam, Yama, amay

Aymara

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.ja/

Numeral

maya (mä)

  1. one
    Mä utanïtwa.
    I have one house.

Derived terms

  • mayiri
  • mapita

Azerbaijani

Etymology 1

From Persian مایه (mâye).

Noun

maya (definite accusative mayanı, plural mayalar)

  1. capital (money and wealth)
    Synonyms: sərmayə, kapital
  2. leaven, ferment, barm, yeast
  3. fetus
    Synonyms: döl, rüşeym
  4. source, origin, basis
    Synonyms: əsas, əsil, kök

Etymology 2

Noun

maya (definite accusative mayanı, plural mayalar)

  1. female camel

Declension

Balinese

Romanization

maya

  1. Romanization of ᬫᬵᬬ
  2. Romanization of ᬫᬵᬬᬵ

Bikol Central

Noun

maya

  1. sparrow

Cebuano

Pronunciation 1

  • (General Cebuano) IPA(key): /ˈmaja/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ya

Noun

maya

  1. any bird of the genus Lonchura
  2. the chestnut munia (Lonchura atricapilla)
  3. generically, any small, nondescript bird
  4. (slang) a bisexual

Adjective

maya

  1. (slang) bisexual; sexually attracted to both men and women

Pronunciation 2

  • (General Cebuano) IPA(key): /maˈjaʔ/
  • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ga

Adjective

maya

  1. cheerful
  2. jubilant

Verb

maya

  1. to be jubilant

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:maya.

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish maya, from Yucatec Maya mayab.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑi̯jɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝i̯j(ː)ɑ̝]
  • Homophones: maija, Maija
  • Syllabification(key): ma‧ya

Noun

maya

  1. Maya, Mayan (person)

Declension

Synonyms

  • mayaintiaani

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “maya”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.ja/
  • Rhymes: -ja

Adjective

maya (plural mayas)

  1. (relational) Mayan (relating to the Mayans)
  2. (relational) Mayan (relating to the Mayan language)

Usage notes

  • The plural of maya may either be mayas or maya.

Further reading

  • “maya”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Hausa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /màː.jáː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [màː.jáː]

Noun

mā̀yā m (possessed form mā̀yan)

  1. weevil

Iban

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.ja/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ya
  • Rhymes: -ya

Conjunction

maya

  1. when

Preposition

maya

  1. during

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay maya, from Pali maya, from Sanskrit माया (māyā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.ja/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ya

Adjective

maya

  1. simulated
  2. unreal
  3. virtual
    Dunia maya. ― Cyberspace (lit. "Virtual world").

Derived terms

  • kemayaan
  • memayakan

Further reading

  • “maya” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Anagrams

  • ayam

Malay

Etymology

From Pali maya, from Sanskrit माया (māyā).

Adjective

maya (Jawi spelling ماي)

  1. illusionary
  2. virtual

Derived terms

  • wargamaya

Further reading

  • “maya” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Noun

maya

  1. sparrow

Portuguese

Noun

maya m or f by sense (plural mayas)

  1. Obsolete spelling of maia

Adjective

maya m or f (plural mayas, not comparable)

  1. Obsolete spelling of maia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French maya.

Noun

maya f (uncountable)

  1. maya

Declension

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aʝa
  • Syllabification: ma‧ya

Etymology 1

Originally from Yucatec Maya mayab (flat).

Adjective

maya m or f (masculine and feminine plural mayas)

  1. Mayan (from Maya)

Noun

maya m or f by sense (plural mayas)

  1. Maya (person)

Noun

maya m (uncountable)

  1. Maya (language family)
  2. (Mexico) Yucatec Maya language.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

maya

  1. inflection of mayar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “maya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

maya (n class, plural maya)

  1. anger
    Synonym: chuki

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *máya (“rice bird, small bird found in rice fields”). Alternatively, from Sanskrit माया (māyā, “illusion”), according to Pardo de Tavera (1887).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaja/, [ˈma.jɐ]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ya

Noun

maya (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜌ)

  1. chestnut munia (Lonchura atricapilla)
  2. sparrow
  3. Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus)

Etymology 2

The original term has become obsolete. However recent usage is due to clipping of mamaya.

Pardo de Tavera (1887) posits it to come from Sanskrit समय (samaya, “appointed or proper time, right moment for doing anything, opportunity, occasion, time, season”) with the first syllable mistaken as the sa- prefix, hence later elided. Compare Javanese ꦱꦼꦩꦪ (semaya, “to postpone; to delay”), Old Javanese samaya, Indonesian semaya. See also samaya.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈjaʔ/, [mɐˈjaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ya

Adverb

mayâ (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜌ)

  1. after a short period
Usage notes
  • Used mostly in derived terms.
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “maya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles, Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 689
  • Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 827.
  • Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
  • San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎[3], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*máya”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
  • Pardo de Tavera, Trinidad Hermenegildo (1887) El sanscrito en la lengua tagalog, la Faculté de médecine, A. Davy, pages 37-38

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مایه (maya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɑjɑ]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ya

Noun

maya (definite accusative mayayı, plural mayalar)

  1. yeast (to make bread; fungi)
  2. mountain name in Balkans (clarification of this definition is needed)
  3. female camel
    Antonyms: lök, ner

Declension

Adjective

maya

  1. nature

West Makian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.ja/

Verb

maya

  1. (stative) to be ashamed

Conjugation

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[4], Pacific linguistics

Source: wiktionary.org