English Explanatory Dictionary

Ayn

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A commune of Savoie department, France.
name
  1. Synonym of Buhoodle, a district of Togdheer, Somalia.
name
  1. A female given name.
name
  1. Initialism of Anarchist Youth Network.
noun
  1. Synonym of ayin, the various letters representing the consonant /ʕ/ in Semitic languages.
noun
  1. Synonym of ghayn, the letter Ғ, representing the consonant /ʁ/ or /ɣ/, particularly in Kazakh.

Pronunciation

/aɪn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Ayn.wav

Word forms

Ayn ayns

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

Buhoodle ayin ghayn
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