How to pronounce “IEA?”
- We would like to pronounce “IEA” as “Ai-Ya”
- In Chinese, it may sound like “哎呀” (Exclamation)
- In Chinese, it also sounds like “愛雅” - And when “愛雅” is entered to Google Translate, the result is “Aiya.”
- So let’s call it “愛雅” because “AI-YA” nicely represents “Artificial Intelligence - Your Assistant”
What “愛雅” (or “Aiya”) can mean?
- “愛雅” in Chinese can be translated as “lovely and elegant”
- In Hebrew, “Aiya” is a baby girl name meaning: bird
- In Japanese, “あや” is pounced as “Ai-ya” which is a female name meaning “colorful and beautiful”
- In hindi, “आइया” (Aiya) means “Mother of Mother”
- In Tamil, “Aiya” was commonly used to refer to an “elder figure”
- Finally, it is also possible the Tamil word of “Aiya” was derived from Sanskrit word “Arya” and “Arya” in Sanskrit (“Ariya” in Pali) means “noble” for example, the Four Noble Truths in Buddhism are called “catvāry ārya satyāni”