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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zaya

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English

Syllables
za-ya
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Russian.

Etymology

Perhaps from Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian Зая (Zaja).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Zayas (plural)

Questions

What does zaya mean?
A surname from Russian.
Where does zaya come from?
Perhaps from Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian Зая (Zaja).

How to pronounce zaya

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