name
Amayas
ah-mah-YAHS
/ɑːmɑːˈjɑːs/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
amayas
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Tamasheq/Tifinagh (Tuareg people, Sahara — Mali, Niger, Algeria, Libya)
- Meaning
- A common man; an ordinary free person; from the Amazigh root for person
- Gender
- male
- Also spelled
- Amayas, Amazigh (ethnic term related)
Pronunciation tips
Stress the third syllable; the Tuareg vowel system is rich in long vowels; 'yas' ends with a voiceless 's'
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