Etymology

ayn

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Today it means: Synonym of ayin, the various letters representing the consonant /ʕ/ in Semitic languages. Full definition →

Kazakh аин
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ayn · noun1

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 (ʕ) (where it is sixteenth in abjadi order only).

ayn · noun2

  1. Kazakh · derived fromаин
  2. English todayayn

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

Ayn · proper noun3

  1. Latin · derived fromAinum
  2. French · borrowed fromAyn
  3. English todayAyn

From French Ayn, recorded earlier as Latin Ainum, presumably from an uncertain Gaulish or Ancient Ligurian etymon, *aginn (“height, high place”), possibly from pre-Celtic *Agannus (“rock”), perhaps from the same ultimate origin as the place Aginnum.

Ayn · proper noun4

  1. Somali · derived fromCayn
  2. Arabic · borrowed fromعَيْن
  3. English todayAyn

A romanization of Arabic عَيْن (ʕayn), from Somali Cayn.

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