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See also: Ayn and AYN

English

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Etymology 1

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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).

Noun

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ayn (plural ayns)

  1. (linguistics) Synonym of ayin, the various letters representing the consonant /ʕ/ in Semitic languages.

Etymology 2

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A romanization of Kazakh аин (ain), the Kazakh name for the letter Ғ (Ğ).

Noun

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ayn (plural ayns)

  1. (linguistics) Synonym of ghayn, the letter Ғ, representing the consonant /ʁ/ or /ɣ/, particularly in Kazakh.

Anagrams

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Italian

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Noun

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ayn m or f (invariable)

  1. Alternative spelling of ain

Manx

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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ayn (emphatic aynsyn)

  1. third-person singular masculine of ayns
    cha nel ayn agh craueyn.
    He is reduced to a skeleton.

Adverb

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ayn

  1. there
    • ayn as ass, there and back

Adjective

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ayn

  1. existent
  2. present

Scots

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Determiner

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ayn

  1. Alternative form of ain

References

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Arabic عَين.

Noun

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ayn

  1. Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ع

Phrase

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ayn

  1. (text messaging) Initialism of aynen.

Uzbek

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic عَيْن (ʕayn).

Noun

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ayn (plural aynlar)

  1. the Arabic letter ع

Declension

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