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)
- (linguistics) Synonym of ayin, the various letters representing the consonant /ʕ/ in Semitic languages.
Noun
ayn (plural ayns)
- (linguistics) Synonym of ghayn, the letter Ғ, representing the consonant /ʁ/ or /ɣ/, particularly in Kazakh.
Italian
Manx
Pronoun
ayn
Derived terms
- aynsyn (emphatic)
Scots
References
- “ayn, adj., n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Turkish
Noun
ayn
- Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ع
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