Zain
name, noun
name, noun ·1 syllable ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A horse of a dark colour with no lighter spots. archaic
"Azara estimates the proportion of bays amongst these horses to be about ninety to ten zains, that is, entirely dark-coloured without any white; and there is not one black in two thousand; pied and greys occur sometimes […]"
Proper Noun
- 1 Alternative spelling of Zayn. alt-of, alternative
Example
More examples"Azara estimates the proportion of bays amongst these horses to be about ninety to ten zains, that is, entirely dark-coloured without any white; and there is not one black in two thousand; pied and greys occur sometimes […]"
Etymology
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French zain.
Etymology 2
From Arabic زَيْن (zayn, “beauty”)
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