Ai
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ai"
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Hebrew הָעַי (ha-'ai, “the heap of ruins”).
Proper noun edit
Ai
- (biblical) An ancient Canaanite royal city mentioned in the Book of Joshua, popularly believed to be the modern archeological site Et-Tell.
- (biblical) An ancient city mentioned in Jeremiah 49:3 of unknown location, possibly the same city as definition 1.
Translations edit
Canaanite royal city mentioned in the Book of Joshua
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city mentioned in the Book of Jeremiah
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Etymology 2 edit
Proper noun edit
Ai
- A female given name from Japanese.
Etymology 3 edit
Proper noun edit
Ai (plural Ais)
- A surname from Chinese.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Ai is the 36,379th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 615 individuals. Ai is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (82.44%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ai”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 15.
References edit
- "Ai" in Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
Angami edit
Letter edit
Ai
- The fourth letter of the Angami alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also edit
- (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 edit
Alternative forms edit
- Ägg
- Egg (Paderbornisch, Osnabrückisch, Lippisch) (plural Egger)
- Eug (Lippisch) (plural Euger)
- Egger (plural; Sauerländisch)
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German ei, from Old Saxon ei, from Proto-Germanic *ajją.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
Ai
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Ai f