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ya

1 American  
[yuh] / yə /

pronoun

Informal.

  1. you.

    Give me a hand, will ya?

  2. your.

    Where's ya brother?
ya 2 American  
[yah] / yɑ /

interjection

Informal.

  1. a variant of yeah.

yā 3 American  
[yah] / yɑ /

noun

  1. the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.

YA 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. young adult.

Etymology

Origin of ya1

First recorded in 1820–25; a phonetic spelling representing the pronunciation of you and your in continuous rapid speech

Origin of yā3

From Arabic

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