English Explanatory Dictionary

ayin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The sixteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

Pronunciation

/ˈaɪ.ɪn/

Word forms

ayin ayins ain ʿain ʿayin ayn ƹayn ayen

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʿayn- (“eye”), particularly via Hebrew עַיִן (ʿáyin).

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