Maya

== Translingual == === Etymology === Clipping of English Mayan hieroglyphs or French hiéroglyphes mayas. === Symbol === Maya (international standards) ISO 15924 script code for Mayan hieroglyphs. == English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmaɪə/ Rhymes: -aɪə === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Spanish maya, from Yucatec Maya mayab (“flat”) or Yucatec Maya maaya, a self-designation of the northern Maya for themselves, in the form maya’ found in compounds and phrases e.g. maya’ wíinik (“Maya man”). ==== Noun ==== Maya (plural Mayas or Maya) A member or descendant of various peoples: a flourishing Mesoamerican civilization that existed in and around Guatemala from the 3rd century to the 9th century. various Mesoamerican peoples that continued in competing civilizations from the 10th century onward until conquered by Spain various Mesoamerican peoples living in the Spanish Empire, and now parts of Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras a variety of Mesoamerican peoples with farming from around 1000 BC onward, who developed a large civilization from the 3rd century onward ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Proper noun ==== Maya The Yucatec Maya language. Any of the other various Mayan languages. Quiché. Mam. Tzotzil. ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== Aztec Inca Mesoamerica Olmec Toltec ==== Further reading ==== Ethnologue report on the Maya languages === Etymology 2 === From Maria, ultimately from Hebrew, and from Maia, from Latin. ==== Proper noun ==== Maya A female given name from Hebrew of modern usage. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === Transliteration of Sanskrit माया (māyā). ==== Proper noun ==== Maya In Sanskrit, illusion and the power that creates it; God's physical and metaphysical creation (literally, "not this"). Alternative form: maya A female given name from Sanskrit used in India. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 4 === Transliteration of Sanskrit माया (māyā́) or Pali Māyā. ==== Proper noun ==== Maya (Buddhism) The mother of Gautama Buddha. ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === Amya, Ayam, Yama, amay == Danish == === Proper noun === Maya a female given name of modern usage, variant of Maja == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmaː.jaː/ Hyphenation: Ma‧ya === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== Maya c (plural Maya's, no diminutive) a Maya; a member of the Maya people === Etymology 2 === ==== Proper noun ==== Maya f a female given name == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ma.ja/ Homophones: Maaia, Maia, maïa, Maïa, maja Rhymes: -ja === Noun === Maya m or f by sense (plural Mayas) Mayan (person) == German == === Alternative forms === Maja === Pronunciation === === Noun === Maya m (strong, genitive Mayas or Maya, plural Mayas or Maya) Maya ==== Derived terms ==== Mayakultur Mayatempel === Proper noun === Maya a female given name of modern usage, variant of Maja == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish maya, from Yucatec Maya mayab (“flat”), a self-designation of the northern Maya for themselves, in the form maya’ found in compounds and phrases e.g. maya’ wíinik (“Maya man”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈmaja/ [ˈma.ja] Rhymes: -aja Syllabification: Ma‧ya Homophone: maya === Noun === Maya (uncountable) Maya, a member or descendant of various peoples: a flourishing Mesoamerican civilization that existed in and around Guatemala from the 3rd century to the 9th century. various Mesoamerican peoples that continued in competing civilizations from the 10th century onward until conquered by Spain various Mesoamerican peoples living in the Spanish Empire, and now parts of Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras a variety of Mesoamerican peoples with farming from around 1000 BC onward, who developed a large civilization from the 3rd century onward === Proper noun === Maya Maya The Yucatec Maya language. Any of the other various Mayan languages. Quiché. Mam. Tzotzil. === Further reading === “Maya”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Thao == === Proper noun === Maya a female given name === References === Center for aboriginal studies (2014), “Maya”, in 原住民族人名譜 [Dictionary of Indigenous Names in Taiwan]‎[1] (in Chinese), Taipei: Council of Indigenous Peoples == Turkish == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Maya a female given name a mountain name in Balkans