Khmer Dictionary: យាយ
Headley's Khmer-English Dictionary
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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 លោកយាយ, ម៉ែយាយ, or ម៉ាក់យាយ