maya

See also: Maya, mayá, maþa, and māyā

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit माया (māyā).

Noun

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.

Anagrams

Aymara

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.ja/

Numeral

maya (mä)

  1. (cardinal) one
    Mä utanïtwa.
    I have one house.

Derived terms

  • mayiri
  • mapita

Bikol Central

Noun

maya

  1. sparrow

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ma‧ya

Noun

maya

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

Adjective

maya

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

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ma‧ya
  • Homophone: Maija

Noun

maya

  1. Maya, Mayan (person)

Declension

Inflection of maya (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative maya mayat
genitive mayan mayojen
partitive mayaa mayoja
illative mayaan mayoihin
singular plural
nominative maya mayat
accusative nom. maya mayat
gen. mayan
genitive mayan mayojen
mayainrare
partitive mayaa mayoja
inessive mayassa mayoissa
elative mayasta mayoista
illative mayaan mayoihin
adessive mayalla mayoilla
ablative mayalta mayoilta
allative mayalle mayoille
essive mayana mayoina
translative mayaksi mayoiksi
instructive — mayoin
abessive mayatta mayoitta
comitative — mayoineen

Synonyms

Derived terms

French

Adjective

maya (plural mayas)

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

Usage notes

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

Further reading

Hausa

Noun

mā̀yā m (possessed form mā̀yan)

  1. weevil

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Noun

maya

  1. sparrow

Portuguese

Noun

maya m, f (plural mayas)

  1. Obsolete spelling of maia

Adjective

maya m, f (plural mayas, not comparable)

  1. Obsolete spelling of maia

Spanish

Etymology 1

Originally from Mayan

Adjective

maya (plural mayas)

  1. Mayan (from Maya)

Noun

maya m, f (plural mayas)

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

Etymology 2

From the verb mayar (“to miaow”)

Verb

maya

  1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of mayar.
  2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of mayar.

Swahili

Noun

maya (needs class)

  1. anger

Tagalog

Noun

maya

  1. sparrow, usually of the species Passer montanus

Turkish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

maya (definite accusative mayayı, plural mayalar)

  1. yeast (to make bread; fungi)
  2. Mountain name in Balkans.
  3. Female camel

Declension

Inflection
Nominative maya
Definite accusative mayayı
Singular Plural
Nominative maya mayalar
Definite accusative mayayı mayaları
Dative mayaya mayalara
Locative mayada mayalarda
Ablative mayadan mayalardan
Genitive mayanın mayaların
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular mayam mayalarım
2nd singular mayan mayaların
3rd singular mayası mayaları
1st plural mayamız mayalarımız
2nd plural mayanız mayalarınız
3rd plural mayaları mayaları

Adjective

maya

  1. nature
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