Ayin definition
The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
noun
The sixteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ע)
noun
The sixteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
noun
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Origin of ayin
- Hebrew ‘ayin eye, ayin ʕyn in Semitic roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Proto-Semitic *ʿayn- (“eye”).
From Wiktionary