aywah

Updated: June 10, 2025

By the Moslems, however, it is carried to a superstitious excess, and the En shallah ‮ان شاء الله‬ "Deo Volente," is continually in their mouths. They cannot even say, "Yes," to anything, although la, la, "no, no," is heard frequently enough. The aywah, ‮ايوه‬, "yes," means rather "well done," than "yes."

James Richardson - Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846