ayya
Ayya,(n.-adj.) [contracted form for the diaeretic ariya (q.v.for etym.).See also ayira] (a) (n.) gentleman,sire,lord,master J.III,167 = PvA.65; DhA.I,8 (ayyā pl.the worthy gentlemen,the worthies),13 (amhākaṁ ayyo our worthy Sir); II,95.-- (b) (adj.) worthy,gentlemanly,honourable Vin.II,191; DhA.II,94 sq.-- The Voc.is used as a polite form of address (cp.Ger.“Sie" and E.address “Esq.") like E.Sir,milord or simply “you" with the implication of a pluralis majestatis; thus Voc.proper ayya J.I,221,279,308; pl.Nom.as Voc.ayyā in addressing several J.II,128,415; Nom.sg.as Voc.(for all genders & numbers) ayyo Vin.II,215; J.III,126,127.-- f.ayyā lady,mistress M.II,96 (= mother of a prince); DhA.I,398; Voc.ayye my lady J.V,138.
--putta lit.son of an Ariyan,i.e.an aristocratic (young) man gentleman (cp.in meaning kulaputta); thus (a) son of my master (lit.) said by a servant J.III,167; (b) lord,master,“governor" J.I,62 (by a servant); DA.I,257 (= sāmi,opp.dāsi-putta); PvA.145 (by a wife to her husband); DhA.II,110; (c) prince (see W.Z.K.M.XII.,1898,75 sq.& Epigraphia Indica III,137 sq.) J.VI,146.(Page 75)