Ai

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ai"

English

Etymology 1

From Hebrew הָעַי (ha-'ai, “the heap of ruins”).

Proper noun

Ai

1. (biblical) An ancient Canaanite royal city mentioned in the Book of Joshua, popularly believed to be the modern archeological site Et-Tell.
2. (biblical) An ancient city mentioned in Jeremiah 49:3 of unknown location, possibly the same city as definition 1.

Translations

Canaanite royal city mentioned in the Book of Joshua

• Portuguese: Ai f

city mentioned in the Book of Jeremiah

• Portuguese: Ai f

Etymology 2

From Japanese あい (Ai).

Proper noun

Ai

1. A female given name from Japanese.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Chinese 艾 (Ài).

Proper noun

Ai (plural Ais)

1. A surname from Chinese.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ai is the 36,379^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 615 individuals. Ai is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (82.44%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ai”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 15.

References

• "Ai" in Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary.

Anagrams

• -ia, IA, i.a.

Angami

Letter

Ai

1. The fourth letter of the Angami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) Ü ü, Üi üi, A a, Ai ai, I i, Ie ie, U u, Uo uo, E e, Ei ei, O o, Ou ou, K k, Kh kh, G g, Ng ng, C c, Ch ch, J j, Jh jh, Ny ny, T t, Th th, D d, N n, Ts ts, Tsh tsh, Dz dz, P p, Ph ph, B b, M m, Pf pf, Bv bv, Y y, Yh yh, R r, Rh rh, L l, Lh lh, F f, V v, W w, Wh wh, S s, Sh sh, Z z, Zh zh, H h

German Low German

Alternative forms

• Ägg
• Egg (Paderbornisch, Osnabrückisch, Lippisch) (plural Egger)
• Eug (Lippisch) (plural Euger)
• Egger (plural; Sauerländisch)

Etymology

From Middle Low German ei, from Old Saxon ei, from Proto-Germanic *ajją.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɪ/

Noun

Ai n (plural Aier or Ägger)

1. (Westphalian) egg

Japanese

Romanization

Ai

1. Rōmaji transcription of あい

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaj/ [ˈaɪ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈaj/

Proper noun

Ai f

1. (biblical) Ai (an ancient city in Canaan, mentioned in the Book of Joshua)
2. (biblical) Ai (an ancient city mentioned in the Book of Jeremiah)