ayn

See also: Ayn and AYN

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɪn/
  • Rhymes: -aɪn

Etymology 1

A romanization of the sixteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Hebrew ע (ʿayin), Phoenician 𐤏 (ʿayin), Aramaic 𐡏 (ʿē), and Classical Syriac ܥ (ʿē), Arabic ع (ʕayn) (where it is sixteenth in abjadi order only).

Noun

ayn (plural ayns)

  1. (linguistics) Synonym of ayin, the various letters representing the consonant /ʕ/ in Semitic languages.

Etymology 2

A romanization of Kazakh аин (ain), the Kazakh name for the letter Ғ (Ğ).

Noun

ayn (plural ayns)

  1. (linguistics) Synonym of ghayn, the letter Ғ, representing the consonant /ʁ/ or /ɣ/, particularly in Kazakh.

Anagrams

Italian

Noun

ayn m or f (invariable)

  1. Alternative spelling of ain

Manx

Pronoun

ayn

  1. third-person singular of ayns
    in him/it
    • Cha nel ayn agh craueyn. He is reduced to a skeleton.

Derived terms

  • aynsyn (emphatic)

Adverb

ayn

  1. there
    • ayn as ass, there and back

Adjective

ayn

  1. existent
  2. present

Scots

Determiner

ayn

  1. Alternative form of ain

References

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic عَين.

Noun

ayn

  1. Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ع

Phrase

ayn

  1. (text messaging) Initialism of aynen.
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