Ayn
Appearance
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]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.[1][2]
Proper noun
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References
[edit]- ^ Adolphe Gros, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieu de la Savoie, La Fontaine de Siloé, 1935 (réimpr. 2004, 2021) (1re éd. 1935), 519 p. (→ISBN, lire en ligne [archive]), p. 42.
- ^ Henry Suter, « Ayn [archive] », sur le site d'Henry Suter, « Noms de lieux de Suisse romande, Savoie et environs » - henrysuter.ch, 2000-2009 (mis à jour le 18 décembre 2009)
Etymology 2
[edit]A romanization of Arabic عَيْن (ʕayn), from Somali Cayn.
Proper noun
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Etymology 3
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[edit]Ayn
- A female given name.
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