Ayo and Aya (neuter) [Sanskrit ayaḥ neuter iron and ore, Indo-Germanic °ajes-, cf. Avesta ayah, Latin aes, Gothic aiz, Old High German ēr (= German Erz.), Anglo-Saxon ār (= English ore).] iron. The nominative ayo found only in set of 5 metals forming an alloy of gold (jātarūpa), viz. ayo, loha (copper), tipu (tin), sīsa (lead), sajjha (silver) A III 16 = S V 92; of oblique cases only the instrumental ayasā occurs Dhp 240 (= ayato Dhp-a III 344); Pv I 10 13 (paṭikujjita, of Niraya). — Iron is the material used κατ'ἐξοχήν in the outfit and construction of Hell or Niraya (see Niraya and Avīci and cf. Vism 56 f. ). — In compounds both ayo° and aya° occur as bases. I ayo°: -kapāla an iron pot A IV 70 (v.l. °guhala); Nidd II §304 III D 2 (of Niraya); -kūṭa an iron hammer Pv-a 284; -khīla an iron stake S V 444; M III 183 = Nidd II §304 III C; Pj II 479; -guḷa an iron ball S V 283; Dhp 308; It 43 = 90; Thig 489; Sv I 84; -ghana an iron club Ud 93; Vv-a 20; -ghara an iron house Ja IV 492; -paṭala an iron roof or ceiling (of Niraya) Pv-a 52; -pākāra an iron fence Pv I 10 13 = Nidd II §304 III D 1 ; -maya made of iron Snp 669 (kūṭa); Ja IV 492 (nāvā); Pv I 10 14 Pv-a 43, 52; -muggara an iron club Pv-a 55; -saṅku an iron spike S IV 168; Snp 667. II aya°: -kapāla = ayo° Dhp-a I 148 (v.l. ayo°); -kāra a worker in iron Miln 331; -kūṭa = ayo° Ja I 108; Dhp-a II 69 (v.l.); -naṅgala an iron plough Dhp-a I 223; III 67; -paṭṭaka an iron plate or sheet (cf. loha°) Ja V 359; -paṭhavi an iron floor (of Avīci) Dhp-a I 148; -saṅghāṭaka an iron (door) post Dhp-a IV 104; -sūla an iron stake Snp 667; Dhp-a I 148.
鐵(【合】中 aya 變成 ayo) ~kūṭa,【陽】 鐵槌。~khīla,【中】 鐵柱，鐵樁。~guḷa,【陽】 鐵球。~ghana,【中】 鐵棒。~maya,【形】 鐵製的。~saṅku,【陽】 長鐵釘。
(masc, masc, in comps, mano group, from ayas) iron aya becomes ayo in cpds