a·yin (   n)n. The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet. See Table at alphabet. [Hebrew 'ayin, eye, ayin; see  yn in Semitic roots.] |
ayin [ˈɑːjɪn (Hebrew) ˈajiːn]
n
(Linguistics / Letters of the Alphabet (Foreign)) the 16th letter in the Hebrew alphabet (ע), originally a pharyngeal fricative, that is now silent and transliterated by a raised inverted comma (')
[Hebrew]
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| Noun | 1. | ayin - the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet Hebraic alphabet, Hebrew alphabet, Hebrew script - a Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino) alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters" |
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