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- [ah-yin; Sephardic Hebrew ah-yeen]
- /ˈɑ yɪn; Sephardic Hebrew ˈɑ yin/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ah-yin; Sephardic Hebrew ah-yeen]
- /ˈɑ yɪn; Sephardic Hebrew ˈɑ yin/
Definitions of ayin word
- noun ayin the 16th letter in the Hebrew alphabet (ע), originally a pharyngeal fricative, that is now silent and transliterated by a raised inverted comma (`) 3
- noun ayin the sixteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ע) 3
- noun ayin the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet. 1
- noun ayin the voiced pharyngeal constrictive consonant represented by this letter and cognate with Arabic 'ain. 1
- noun ayin The sixteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). 1
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Origin of ayin
First appearance:
before 1875 One of the 25% newest English words
First recorded in 1875-80, ayin is from the Hebrew word ʿayin literally, eye
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Parts of speech for Ayin
noun
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preposition
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determiner
exclamation
ayin popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 58% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.