Khmer Dictionary: យាយ

1. យាយ ( n ) [yiey]
   grandmother; old woman; polite form of address used to old women; if the woman has a high status she may be addressed as លោកយាយ​ (this term is also used to address a female spirit); a child may call its grandmother លោក​យាយ​, ម៉ែយាយ, or ម៉ាក់យាយ
   
1. ម៉ែយាយ [mae yiey] : grandmother (term of address used by grandchild)
   
2. យាយជី [yiey cii] : (Buddhist or Catholic) nun
   
3. យាយទួត [yiey tuət] : great grandmother
   
4. យាយទេត្យ [yiey tɛɛt] : powerful benevolent female spirit (often the guardian spirit of a monastery)
   
5. យាយទេត្យ [yiey tɛɛt] : mean old woman
   
6. យាយទែព [yiey -----] See: យាយទេត្យ
7. យាយម៉ប [yiey mɑɑp] : midwife
   
8. យាយលួត [yiey luǝt] : great great grandmother
   
9. យាយអករ៍ [yiey ʔɑɑk] See: អករ៍ (2)
10. លោកយាយ [look~lookaʔ yiey] : grandmother; old lady; you / your (addressing an old woman of high status or a female spirit)
    
11. អករ៍យាយ [ʔɑɑk yiey] : matron of a harem