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- Hebrew · derived fromעַיִן
- Proto-Semitic · derived from*ʿayn-“eye”
- English todayayin
From Proto-Semitic *ʿayn- (“eye”), particularly via Hebrew עַיִן (ʿáyin).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
ayin
Today it means: The sixteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). Full definition →
Proto-Semitic *ʿayn- ← Hebrew עַיִן