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n. - An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.

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  • And yet, after watching the film last night, I remembered the following ayah from the Qur'an:
  • For which reason she called her ayah, while the Sahib was in his bath before dinner and said to her hurriedly:
  • India is the problem, and your ayah is the answer.
  • Desiring to know what was for why, and what was for stomach one day, the lady called the ayah to her and sought the interpretation thereof.
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