anya

• IPA^(key): /ˈan.ja/

anya

1. (interrogative) what

Probably from Proto-Uralic *ańa (“wife of an older male relative; mother”).^[1][2][3]

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒɲɒ]

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• Hyphenation: anya
• Rhymes: -ɲɒ

anya (plural anyák)

1. mother

   Synonyms: édesanya, mama, anyu, anyuci, anyuka

   • 1925 March, Attila József, Tiszta szívvel:

     Nincsen apám, se anyám, / se istenem, se hazám, / se bölcsőm, se szemfedőm, / se csókom, se szeretőm.

     I have got no father, no mother, / no god, no homeland, / no cradle, no shroud, / no kiss, no lover.

2. (engineering) nut (piece of metal intended to be screwed onto a bolt)

   Synonyms: csavaranya, anyacsavar

One needs to take extra caution about using this noun with the second-person singular or plural possessive suffixes (-d and -tok), as it may be understood as a short form of some highly offensive expletive (a kurva anyád, literally your mother, the whore) in Hungarian, even if no attribute is added whatsoever. Even if the context makes it crystal clear that no offense is implied, it still doesn’t sound polite with second-person endings. Instead, it is better to use édesanya or perhaps (in case of a friend) anyuka with second-person suffixes (édesanyád, anyukád or édesanyátok, anyukátok). Out of respect, it is also advisable to use édesanya (or anyuka) when referring to the speaker’s own mother (édesanyám).

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	anya	anyák
accusative	anyát	anyákat
dative	anyának	anyáknak
instrumental	anyával	anyákkal
causal-final	anyáért	anyákért
translative	anyává	anyákká
terminative	anyáig	anyákig
essive-formal	anyaként	anyákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	anyában	anyákban
superessive	anyán	anyákon
adessive	anyánál	anyáknál
illative	anyába	anyákba
sublative	anyára	anyákra
allative	anyához	anyákhoz
elative	anyából	anyákból
delative	anyáról	anyákról
ablative	anyától	anyáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	anyáé	anyáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	anyáéi	anyákéi

Of a child or children:

Possessive forms of anya
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	anyám	anyáim (anyjaim)
2nd person sing.	anyád	anyáid (anyjaid)
3rd person sing.	anyja	anyái (anyjai)
1st person plural	anyánk	anyáink (anyjaink)
2nd person plural	anyátok	anyáitok (anyjaitok)
3rd person plural	anyjuk	anyáik (anyjaik)

When not referring to the relation between mother and child (e.g. “the best mother of [in] the world”) or in the sense “nut”:

Possessive forms of anya
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	anyám	anyáim
2nd person sing.	anyád	anyáid
3rd person sing.	anyája	anyái
1st person plural	anyánk	anyáink
2nd person plural	anyátok	anyáitok
3rd person plural	anyájuk	anyáik

• anya in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• anya in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
• anya in Bizonfy, Ferenc. Magyar–angol szótár (’Hungarian–English Dictionary’). Budapest: Franklin Társulat, 1886
• anya in Hungarian–English dictionary at SZTAKI

From Proto-Igboid *ɛ́-nĩ́Nã̀. Cognate with Ogbah ɛ́ɲâ, Ezaa ɛ́ɲá, Izi ɛ́ɲá, Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni ɛ́ɲá, Ika ɛ́ɲá.^[1] Further cognate with Proto-Yoruboid *é-jú, Akan anyiwa.

• IPA^(key): /áɲá/

anya

1. eye