zain

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noun

A horse of a dark colour with no lighter spots.

OriginFrench zain →
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Meanings

zain1

nounzain (plural zains)

plural zains

  1. archaicA horse of a dark colour with no lighter spots.

    Azara estimates the proportion of bays amongst these horses to be about ninety to ten zains, that is, entirely dark-coloured without any white; and there is not one black in two thousand; pied and greys occur sometimes […]

    1905, Sir William Ridgeway, The origin and influence of the thoroughbred horse

Zain2

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of Zayn.

Origin

zain · noun

  1. Frenchzain
  2. Englishzain

Borrowed from French zain.

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Zain · proper noun

  1. Arabicزَيْن“beauty”
  2. EnglishZain

From Arabic زَيْن (zayn, “beauty”)

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

zain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zain

MLA

“zain.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zain. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zain,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zain.

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