ayn

See also: Ayn and AYN

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Arabic, Yemeni.

Symbol

ayn

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Yemeni Arabic.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Yemeni Arabic terms

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɪn/
• Rhymes: -aɪn

Etymology 1

A romanization of the sixteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Hebrew ע (ʿayin), Phoenician 𐤏 (ʿayin), Aramaic 𐡏 (ʿē), and Classical Syriac ܥ (ʿē), Arabic ع (ʕayn) (where it is sixteenth in abjadi order only).

Noun

ayn (plural ayns)

1. (linguistics) Synonym of ayin, the various letters representing the consonant /ʕ/ in Semitic languages.

Etymology 2

A romanization of Kazakh аин (ain), the Kazakh name for the letter Ғ (Ğ).

Noun

ayn (plural ayns)

1. (linguistics) Synonym of ghayn, the letter Ғ, representing the consonant /ʁ/ or /ɣ/, particularly in Kazakh.

Anagrams

• NAY, NYA, Nay, Yan, any, any%, nay, yan

Italian

Noun

ayn m or f (invariable)

1. alternative spelling of ain

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish and

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːn/, /uːn/

Pronoun

ayn (emphatic aynsyn)

1. third-person singular masculine of ayns

   cha nel ayn agh craueyn.

   He is reduced to a skeleton.

Adverb

ayn

1. there
   • ayn as ass, there and back

Adjective

ayn

1. existent
   • ayn rish foddey, long-standing
2. present

Scots

Determiner

ayn

1. alternative form of ain

References

• “ayn, adj., n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish عین (ayn), from Arabic عَين.

Noun

ayn

1. Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ع

Phrase

ayn

1. (text messaging) initialism of aynen

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَيْن (ʕayn).

Noun

ayn (plural aynlar)

1. the Arabic letter ع

Declension

Declension of ayn

	singular	plural
nominative	ayn	aynlar
genitive	aynning	aynlarning
dative	aynga	aynlarga
definite accusative	aynni	aynlarni
locative	aynda	aynlarda
ablative	ayndan	aynlardan
similative	ayndek	aynlardek

Possessive forms of ayn

1st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	aynim	aynlarim
genitive	aynimning	aynlarimning
dative	aynimga	aynlarimga
definite accusative	aynimni	aynlarimni
locative	aynimda	aynlarimda
ablative	aynimdan	aynlarimdan
similative	aynimdek	aynlarimdek
2nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	ayning	aynlaring
genitive	ayningning	aynlaringning
dative	ayningga	aynlaringga
definite accusative	ayningni	aynlaringni
locative	ayningda	aynlaringda
ablative	ayningdan	aynlaringdan
similative	ayningdek	aynlaringdek
3rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	ayni	aynlari
genitive	aynining	aynlarining
dative	ayniga	aynlariga
definite accusative	aynini	aynlarini
locative	aynida	aynlarida
ablative	aynidan	aynlaridan
similative	aynidek	aynlaridek
1st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	aynimiz	aynlarimiz
genitive	aynimizning	aynlarimizning
dative	aynimizga	aynlarimizga
definite accusative	aynimizni	aynlarimizni
locative	aynimizda	aynlarimizda
ablative	aynimizdan	aynlarimizdan
similative	aynimizdek	aynlarimizdek
2nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	ayningiz	aynlaringiz
genitive	ayningizning	aynlaringizning
dative	ayningizga	aynlaringizga
definite accusative	ayningizni	aynlaringizni
locative	ayningizda	aynlaringizda
ablative	ayningizdan	aynlaringizdan
similative	ayningizdek	aynlaringizdek
3rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	ayni	aynlari
genitive	aynining	aynlarining
dative	ayniga	aynlariga
definite accusative	aynini	aynlarini
locative	aynida	aynlarida
ablative	aynidan	aynlaridan
similative	aynidek	aynlaridek