Ay, AY or variants, may refer to:

People

Ay (pharaoh) Ay was the penultimate pharaoh of ancient Egypt's Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, 18th Dynasty. He held the throne of Egypt for a brief four-year period in the late 14th century BC. Prior to his rule, he was a close advisor to two, and perhaps thre ...

, a pharaoh of the 18th Egyptian dynasty *

Merneferre Ay Merneferre Ay (also spelled Aya or Eje, sometimes known as Ay I) was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the mid 13th Dynasty. The longest reigning pharaoh of the 13th Dynasty, he ruled a likely fragmented Egypt for over 23 years in the early to mid ...

, a pharaoh of the 13th Egyptian dynasty * A.Y. (musician) (born 1981), a Tanzanian "bongo flava" artist * AY, the stage name of

Ayo Makun Ayodeji Richard Makun (; born 19 August 1971), professionally known as A.Y, is a Nigerian actor, comedian, radio and television presenter and film director. He is the host of the A.Y live shows and A.Y comedy skits. His debut movie, '' 30 Days ...

, a Nigerian actor, comedian, radio and television presenter, actor, writer, director and emcee *

Ay dynasty Ay dynasty (transliteration: Āy, ), also known as Kupaka in medieval period, was an Indian dynasty which controlled the south-western tip of the Indian peninsula, peninsula, from the early historic period up to the medieval period. The clan tr ...

, a ruling lineage in south India * Fatma Ay (born 1992), Turkish female handball player * Savaş Ay (1954–2013), Turkish journalist * Yeliz Ay (born 1977), Turkish female racewalker

Places

Aÿ Aÿ ( ; also Ay) is a former communes of France, commune in the Marne (department), Marne Departments of France, department in northeastern France. On 1 January 2016 it was merged into the new commune Aÿ-Champagne. Champagne Aÿ is most famous a ...

, former commune of Marne ''département'', France * Ay (river), a river in Russia *

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. ...

(DAFIF 0413 / DIA 65-18 / FIPS PUB 10-4 territory code and obsolete NATO digram AY) *

Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...

(WMO country code AY)

Language

Aymara language Aymara (; also ) is an Aymaran languages, Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Bolivian Andes. It is one of only a handful of Indigenous languages of the Americas, Native American languages with over one million speakers.The other ...

(ISO-639 alpha-2 code AY) * ''Ay'', transliteration of

Volapük Volapük (; , 'Language of the World', or lit. 'World Speak') is a constructed language created in 1879 and 1880 by Johann Martin Schleyer, a Roman Catholic priest in Baden, Germany, who believed that God told him to create an international lang ...

'' Ä'' and '' ä''

Arts and entertainment

Characters and fictional entities

* , two characters from the manga ''Naruto'' and derived works

Music

* "Ay", a song by Tarkan from the 2001 album ''

Karma Karma (, from , ; ) is an ancient Indian concept that refers to an action, work, or deed, and its effect or consequences. In Indian religions, the term more specifically refers to a principle of cause and effect, often descriptively called ...

'' * " Ay!", a song by Machine Gun Kelly from the 2022 album ''Mainstream Sellout''

Science

Academic year An academic year, or school year, is a period that schools, colleges and university, universities use to measure the duration of studies for a given educational level. Academic years are often divided into academic terms. Students attend classe ...

, sometimes abbreviated as "AY" *

General Instrument AY-3-8910 The AY-3-8910 is a 3-voice programmable sound generator (PSG) designed by General Instrument (GI) in 1978, initially for use with their 16-bit computing, 16-bit General Instrument CP1600, CP1610 or one of the PIC microcontrollers, PIC1650 ser ...

, a computer sound chip common in the 1980s and often referred to as the "AY chip" * AY, IATA airline designator for

Finnair Finnair Plc (, ) is the flag carrier and largest full-service legacy airline of Finland, with headquarters in Vantaa on the grounds of Helsinki Airport, its airline hub, hub. Finnair and its subsidiaries dominate both domestic and international ...