ayn

• IPA^(key): /aɪn/
• Rhymes: -aɪn

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).

ayn (plural ayns)

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

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

ayn (plural ayns)

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

• NAY, NYA, Nay, Yan, any, any%, nay, yan

ayn m or f (invariable)

1. Alternative spelling of ain

ayn

1. third-person singular of ayns

   in him/it

   • Cha nel ayn agh craueyn. He is reduced to a skeleton.

• aynsyn (emphatic)

ayn

1. there
   • ayn as ass, there and back

ayn

1. existent
   • ayn rish foddey, long-standing
2. present

ayn

1. Alternative form of ain

• “ayn, adj., n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

From Arabic عَين‎.

ayn

1. Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ع

ayn

1. (text messaging) Initialism of aynen.