khaya

See also: Khaya

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪə

Etymology 1

From the Nguni group of languages khaya (“home”).

Noun

khaya (plural khayas)

1. (South Africa, strictly) A native house or hut.
2. (South Africa, loosely) Servants' quarters separated from the main house.
3. (South Africa, slang) Anyone's house or home.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Wolof khaye (“African mahogany tree”).

Noun

khaya (plural khayas)

1. Any tree of the genus Khaya.

Anagrams

• Kayah

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀔𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• खय (Devanagari script)
• খয (Bengali script)
• ඛය (Sinhalese script)
• ခယ or ၶယ (Burmese script)
• ขย or ขะยะ (Thai script)
• ᨡᨿ (Tai Tham script)
• ຂຍ or ຂະຍະ or ຂະຢະ (Lao script)
• ខយ (Khmer script)
• 𑄈𑄠 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit क्षय (kṣaya).

Noun

khaya m

1. decline, decadence
2. destruction
3. consumption (disease)

Declension

Declension table of "khaya" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	khayo	khayā
Accusative (second)	khayaṃ	khaye
Instrumental (third)	khayena	khayehi or khayebhi
Dative (fourth)	khayassa or khayāya or khayatthaṃ	khayānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	khayasmā or khayamhā or khayā	khayehi or khayebhi
Genitive (sixth)	khayassa	khayānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	khayasmiṃ or khayamhi or khaye	khayesu
Vocative (calling)	khaya	khayā

Descendants

• → Lao: ຂຍະ (kha nya, “rubbish”)
• → Tamil: கயம் (kayam)
• → Thai: ขยะ (kà-yà, “rubbish”)