Definition of "ayah"

She manufactured the Station scandal, and talked to her ayah.

1888, Rudyard Kipling, “Watches of the Night”, in Plain Tales from the Hills (fiction)

[…] a cot of iron had to be manufactured for [Bhim] after he had demolished two wooden cribs with a lusty kick of his foot; and a succession of bruised ayahs had finally to be replaced by a male attendant, a former Hastinapur all-in wrestling champion.

1989, Shashi Tharoor, The Great Indian Novel‎, New York: Arcade Publishing, published 2011, Book 4