ayin

• ain, ʿain, ʿayin, ayn

From Proto-Semitic *ʿayn- (“eye”), particularly via Hebrew עַיִן (ʿáyin).

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ.ɪn/,^[1][2] /ˈɑ.jɪn/^[3]
• Rhymes: -aɪɪn

ayin (plural ayins)

1. The sixteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
   • 1883, Isaac Taylor, The Alphabet:

     Ayin is the most difficult of the faucals.

• Appendix:Hebrew alphabet

• ayin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Niya

From Persian آیین (âyin).

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ay‧in

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ayin (definite accusative ayini, plural ayinlər)

1. (religion) rite, ritual; a religious ceremony

   dini ayinlər ― religious rites

ayin m or f (invariable)

1. Alternative form of ain

From Proto-Mayan *ahyiin.

ayin

1. alligator (clarification of this definition is needed)

• Brown, R. McKenna, Maxwell, Judith M., Little, Walter E. (2006) ¿La ütz awäch? Introduction to Kaqchikel Maya Language, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 207
• Ruyán Canú, Déborah, Coyote Tum, Rafael, Munson L., Jo Ann (1991) Diccionario cakchiquel central y español‎ (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano de Centroamérica, page 9

• IPA^(key): /ayĩ/

ayin

1. plural of oyin

From Classical Persian آیین (āyīn).

• IPA^(key):

ayin (definite accusative ayini, plural ayinler)

1. rite, ritual; a religious ceremony

• ritüel