maya

Borrowed from Sanskrit माया (māyā).

maya (uncountable)

1. (Hindu mythology) Magic; supernatural power as held by the gods.
3. (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.

   Alternative form: Maya

   • 2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, published 2017, page 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.

• maya bird

• Amya, Ayam, Yama, amay

• IPA^(key): /ma.ja/

maya (mä)

1. one

   Mä utanïtwa.

   I have one house.

• mayiri
• mapita

• IPA^(key): [mɑˈjɑ]

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• Hyphenation: ma‧ya

From Persian مایه (mâye).

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

maya (definite accusative mayanı, plural mayalar)

1. female camel

• Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “maya”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎^[1] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 3, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, pages 298-299
• Altun Kitab (2013–), “maya” in Azleks

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

From Sanskrit माय (māya, “illusion”).

maya (Balinese script ᬫᬵᬬ)

1. supernatural, annihilated

From Sanskrit माया (māyā, “illusion”).

maya (Balinese script ᬫᬵᬬᬵ)

1. shadow

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

maya

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

maya

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

• (Standard 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.

maya

1. sparrow

From Spanish maya, from Yucatec Maya mayab.

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

maya

1. Maya, Mayan (person)

• mayaintiaani

• “maya”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• IPA^(key): /ma.ja/

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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: -aja

maya

1. when

maya

1. during

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmaja/ [ˈma.ja]
• Rhymes: -aja
• Syllabification: ma‧ya
• Homophone: Maya

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

maya

1. simulated

   Synonym: imak

2. illusionary; phantom; unreal

   Synonyms: khayalan, tak nyata

3. virtual

   Synonym: virtual

   dunia maya ― virtual world

maya (plural maya-maya)

1. (rare) simulation

   Synonyms: imak, simulasi

Borrowed from Javanese [Term?]

maya (plural maya-maya)

1. (dialectal, botany) bilimbi, cucumber tree, or tree sorrel (Averrhoa bilimbi)

   Synonym: kembang belimbing

• “maya”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

• ayam

Borrowed from Pali maya, from Sanskrit माया (māyā).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaja/ [ˈma.ja]
• Rhymes: -aja
• Hyphenation: ma‧ya

maya (Jawi spelling ماي, comparative lebih maya, superlative paling maya)

1. illusionary
2. virtual

• Indonesian: maya

• "maya" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), 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

Borrowed from French maya.

maya f (uncountable)

1. maya

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• Rhymes: -aʝa
• Syllabification: ma‧ya

Originally from Yucatec Maya mayab (“flat”).

maya m or f (masculine and feminine plural mayas)

1. Mayan (from Maya)

maya m or f by sense (plural mayas)

1. Maya (person)

maya m (uncountable)

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

maya

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

Borrowed from Tagalog maya.

maya f (plural mayas)

1. (Philippines) sparrow (especially the Java sparrow (Padda oryzivora))

   Synonym: gorrión

2. (Philippines) chestnut munia (Lonchura atricapilla)

• “maya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• Antonio Quilis (1992), La lengua española en cuatro mundos‎^[3] (in Spanish), Editiorial MAPFRE, page 192
• Edith Aultman Doty (1957), A Glossary of "Filipinismos" in the Spanish Language Found in Philippine Publications of the Period 1890-1920‎^[4], University of Michigan, page 205
• Ferdinand Blumentritt; T. H. Pardo de Tavera (1885), “MAYA”, in Vocabular einzelner Ausdrücke und Redensarten, welche dem Spanischen der philippinischen Inseln eigenthümlich sind, volume II. (overall work in German and Philippine Spanish), Leitmeritz: Verlag der Communal-Ober-Realschule, page 16

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maya class IX (plural maya class X)

1. anger

   Synonym: chuki

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmaja/ [ˈmaː.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -aja
• Syllabification: ma‧ya

maya (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜌ)

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

• ⇒ English: maya bird
• → Spanish: maya

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.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maˈjaʔ/ [mɐˈjaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: ma‧ya

mayâ (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜌ)

1. after a short period

• Used mostly in derived terms.

• “maya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973), Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 689
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 827
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835), Vocabulario de la lengua Tagala, primera y segunda parte. En la primera, se pone primero el Castellano, y despues el Tagalo. Y en la segunda al contrario, que son las raíces simples con sus acentos.‎^[5] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: La Imprenta nueva de D. José María Dayot, por Tomás Oliva.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[6] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*máya”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Pardo de Tavera, Trinidad Hermenegildo (1887), El sanscrito en la lengua tagalog, la Faculté de médecine, A. Davy, pages 37-38

• ayam, yama

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مایه (maya), Classical Persian مایه (māya, “matter, essence”).

• IPA^(key): /maˈja/

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• Hyphenation: ma‧ya

maya (definite accusative mayayı, plural mayalar)

1. yeast (fungus; froth used in medicine, baking and brewing; cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)

   Synonyms: damızlık, ferment

2. (figurative) nature, temperament
3. (slang, rare) impudent, unabashed person
4. (regional) female animal kept for breeding
5. (regional) female camel

   Synonym: lök

• “maya”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ja/

maya

1. (stative) to be ashamed

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[7], Pacific linguistics