aged woman; also used as a title for or term of address to such person, and used by such person to refer to herself. · used as a diminutive or affectionate title for or term of address to a young woman or woman of the same age as the speaker. · used as a title for or term of address to any woman or trans woman.
zıt: ตา, ย่า
köken: From Proto-Tai *naːjᴬ (“maternal grandmother”). The /n-/ -> /j-/ transformation is due to contamination by ย่า (yâa, “paternal grandmother”), which is semantically similar. Compare Indonesian nyai; Khmer យាយ (yiəy); Lao ຍາຍ (nyāi), ຍາຽ (nyāi); Shan ၼၢႆး (náai); Zhuang dai.