Etymology

zayin

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Today it means: The seventh letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). Full definition →

Hebrew זַיִן
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromזַיִן
  2. English todayzayin

Borrowed from Hebrew זַיִן (zayin).

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