Appendix:Proto-Semitic/ʿayn-

Proto-Semitic

Etymology

From Proto-Afro-Asiatic *ʿayVn- (compare Gimirra an, West Chadic (Tule) yāni ‘to see’).

Noun

*ʿayn-

1. the eye

Descendants

• Akkadian: 𒅆 (īnu) [IGI]
• Amharic: ዓይን (ayn)
• Arabic: عَين (ʿain)
  • Egyptian Arabic: عين (ʿén) f
  • Maltese: għajn
• Aramaic:
  • Classical Syriac: ܥܝܢܐ (‘aynā’)
    • Modern:
      • Swadaya (Eastern): ‘ayna
      • Turoyo (Western): ‘ayno
  • Judaic: עינא (‘aynā’)
• Eblaite: 𒀀𒈾𒈾 (a-na-na) /ʕaynaya/ (dual)
• Epigraphic South Arabian:
  • Minaean: 𐩲𐩺𐩬 (ʿyn)
  • Qatabanian: 𐩲𐩺𐩬 (ʿyn)
  • Sabaean: 𐩲𐩺𐩬 (ʿyn)
• Ge'ez: ዓይን (ʿayn)
• Hebrew: עַיִן (ʿayin)
• Phoenician: 𐤀𐤍 (ʾn), 𐤀𐤉𐤍 (ʾyn)
• Tigrinya: ዓይኒ (ʿayni)
• Ugaritic: 𐎓𐎊𐎐 (ʿyn)