Ayin

//ˈaɪ.ɪn// noun

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Definitions

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

    "Ayin is the most difficult of the faucals."

  2. 2
    the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet wordnet

Synonyms

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aynƹayn

Example

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"The Yiddish word מעשׂה is pronounced "mayse," "mase," or "manse," the last of which contains a remnant of an old velar nasal pronunciation of the letter ayin."

Etymology

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

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