غين

See also: عین and عين

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣajn/

Noun

غَيْن • (ḡayn) f (plural غَيْنَات (ḡaynāt))

1. Name of the nineteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet (غ (ḡ)), representing the sound [ɣ] or [ʁ]

Declension

Declension of noun غَيْن (ḡayn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَيْن ḡayn	الْغَيْن al-ḡayn	غَيْن ḡayn
Nominative	غَيْنٌ ḡaynun	الْغَيْنُ al-ḡaynu	غَيْنُ ḡaynu
Accusative	غَيْنًا ḡaynan	الْغَيْنَ al-ḡayna	غَيْنَ ḡayna
Genitive	غَيْنٍ ḡaynin	الْغَيْنِ al-ḡayni	غَيْنِ ḡayni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَيْنَيْن ḡaynayn	الْغَيْنَيْن al-ḡaynayn	غَيْنَيْ ḡaynay
Nominative	غَيْنَانِ ḡaynāni	الْغَيْنَانِ al-ḡaynāni	غَيْنَا ḡaynā
Accusative	غَيْنَيْنِ ḡaynayni	الْغَيْنَيْنِ al-ḡaynayni	غَيْنَيْ ḡaynay
Genitive	غَيْنَيْنِ ḡaynayni	الْغَيْنَيْنِ al-ḡaynayni	غَيْنَيْ ḡaynay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَيْنَات ḡaynāt	الْغَيْنَات al-ḡaynāt	غَيْنَات ḡaynāt
Nominative	غَيْنَاتٌ ḡaynātun	الْغَيْنَاتُ al-ḡaynātu	غَيْنَاتُ ḡaynātu
Accusative	غَيْنَاتٍ ḡaynātin	الْغَيْنَاتِ al-ḡaynāti	غَيْنَاتِ ḡaynāti
Genitive	غَيْنَاتٍ ḡaynātin	الْغَيْنَاتِ al-ḡaynāti	غَيْنَاتِ ḡaynāti

Descendants

• Hijazi Arabic: غين (ḡēn)
• → Azerbaijani: ğeyn
• → Classical Persian: غَیْن (ğayn)
  • Iranian Persian: غِیْن (ğeyn)
  • Tajik: ғайн (ġayn)
• → Ottoman Turkish: غَیْن (gayn)
  • > Turkish: gayn (inherited)
• → Uzbek: gʻayn

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic غَيْن (ḡayn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣeːn/, [ɣe̞ːn], [ʁe̞ːn]

Noun

غين • (ḡēn) f (plural غينات (ḡēnāt))

1. Name of the nineteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet (غ (ḡ)), representing the sound /ɣ/