cayá

See also: caya and Caya

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كدخدا (kehya) (Turkish kâhya).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /kaˈʝa/ [kaˈʝa] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
  • IPA(key): /kaˈʃa/ [kaˈʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /kaˈʒa/ [kaˈʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: ca‧yá

Noun

cayá m (plural cayás)

  1. (historical) kehya (steward or deputy to an agha in the Ottoman Empire)

Further reading

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