What is the meaning of や?
The hiragana syllable や (ya). Its equivalent in katakana is ヤ (ya). It is the thirty-sixth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is や行あ段 (ya-gyō a-dan, “row ya, section a”).
and/or
is, are
Alternative form of いや (iya)
spoke
topic marker
Source: wiktionary.org