maya

From Sanskrit माया (māyā).

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.
   • 2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin 2017, p. 58:

     Shankara prescribed meditative reflection, through which each individual could pierce the veil of maya and come to recognize the identity between his or her essence and the universal spirit.

• Amya, Ayam, Yama, amay

• IPA^(key): /ma.ja/

maya (mä)

1. one

   Mä utanïtwa.

   I have one house.

• mayiri
• mapita

From Persian مایه‎ (mâye).

maya (definite accusative mayanı, plural mayalar)

1. capital (money and wealth)

   Synonyms: sərmayə, kapital

2. leaven, ferment, barm
3. fetus

   Synonyms: döl, rüşeym

4. source, origin, basis

   Synonyms: əsas, əsil, kök

maya (definite accusative mayanı, plural mayalar)

1. female camel

maya

1. Romanization of ᬫᬵᬬ
2. Romanization of ᬫᬵᬬᬵ

maya

1. sparrow

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

maya

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

maya

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

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

maya

1. cheerful
2. jubilant

maya

1. to be jubilant

For quotations using this term, see Citations:maya.

From Spanish maya, from Yucatec Maya mayab.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑi̯jɑ/, [ˈmɑi̯j(ː)ɑ]
• Homophones: maija, Maija
• Syllabification^(key): ma‧ya

maya

1. Maya, Mayan (person)

• mayaintiaani

• mayaintiaani
• mayakieli
• mayakulttuuri

• IPA^(key): /ma.ja/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ja

maya (plural mayas)

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

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

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

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

mā̀yā m (possessed form mā̀yan)

1. weevil

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

maya

1. when

maya

1. during

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

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

maya

1. simulated
2. unreal
3. virtual

   Dunia maya. ― Cyberspace (lit. "Virtual world").

• kemayaan
• memayakan

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

• ayam

From Pali maya, from Sanskrit माया (māyā).

maya (Jawi spelling ماي‎)

1. illusionary
2. virtual

• wargamaya

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

maya

1. sparrow

maya m or f by sense (plural mayas)

1. Obsolete spelling of maia

maya m or f (plural mayas, not comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of maia

From French maya.

maya f (uncountable)

1. maya

Originally from Yucatec Maya mayab (flat).

maya (plural mayas)

1. Mayan (from Maya)

maya m or f (plural mayas)

1. Mayan (person)
2. Mayan (language)

From the verb mayar (“to miaow”).

maya

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

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

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

maya (n class, plural maya)

1. anger

   Synonym: chuki

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

maya (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜌ)

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

From Ottoman Turkish مایه‎ (maya).

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

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

maya

1. nature

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ja/

maya

1. (stative) to be ashamed

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