the sixteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (?)
Origin of ayin
Classical Hebrew (language) ayin, literally , eyeayin
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Noun
- The sixteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
Origin
From Proto-Semitic *ʿayn- (“eye”).
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