"ayn" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /aɪn/ Forms: ayns [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪn Etymology: 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). Etymology templates: {{m+|he|ע|tr=ʿayin}} Hebrew ע (ʿayin), {{m+|phn|𐤏|tr=ʿayin}} Phoenician 𐤏 (ʿayin), {{m+|arc|𐡏|tr=ʿē}} Aramaic 𐡏 (ʿē), {{m+|syc|ܥ|tr=ʿē}} Classical Syriac ܥ (ʿē), {{m+|ar|ع|tr=ʕayn}} Arabic ع (ʕayn) Head templates: {{en-noun}} ayn (plural ayns)
  1. (linguistics) Synonym of ayin, the various letters representing the consonant /ʕ/ in Semitic languages. Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: ayin [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-ayn-en-noun-bqc85SkI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /aɪn/ Forms: ayns [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪn Etymology: A romanization of Kazakh аин (ain), the Kazakh name for the letter Ғ (Ğ). Etymology templates: {{der|en|kk|аин}} Kazakh аин (ain), {{m|kk|Ғ}} Ғ (Ğ) Head templates: {{en-noun}} ayn (plural ayns)
  1. (linguistics) Synonym of ghayn, the letter Ғ, representing the consonant /ʁ/ or /ɣ/, particularly in Kazakh. Categories (topical): Linguistics, Arabic letter names, Aramaic letter names, Cyrillic letter names, Hebrew letter names, Phoenician letter names Synonyms: ghayn [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-ayn-en-noun-We9cZZcf Disambiguation of Arabic letter names: 26 74 Disambiguation of Aramaic letter names: 29 71 Disambiguation of Cyrillic letter names: 26 74 Disambiguation of Hebrew letter names: 29 71 Disambiguation of Phoenician letter names: 30 70 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for ayn meaning in English (5.7kB)

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