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ƹayn

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letter/aɪn/phoneme/ʕ/

ƹayn noun: synonym of ayin.

Noun

ƹayn (plural ƹayns)

  1. (dated, rare) Synonym of ayin.
    • So, for example, while 2, 3 and 7 have become conventional signs for writing ء (hamza), ع (ƹayn) and ح (ḥā) respectively, ways of writing خ (xā) and غ (ġayn) are in free variation in Egypt – 5, 7, and kh for خ, and 3, 5', and gh for غ.2011, Ivan Panović, Writing Practices in Contemporary Egypt (thesis), University of Oxford, 1.5. Franco, page 59
    • ع
      عين
      ƹayn
      ƹ
      [ʕ][2024 October 31, Simon Ager, Michael Peter Füstumum, “Sudanese Arabic language”, in Omniglot
    Synonyms:
    ayin

Synonyms of ƹayn

Forms of ƹayn

pluralƹayns

Origin of ƹayn

From the Arabic letter ع (ʕayn).

Questions about ƹayn

What does ƹayn mean?
Ƹayn means synonym of ayin.
What part of speech is ƹayn?
Ƹayn is a noun.
How do you pronounce ƹayn?
Ƹayn is pronounced /aɪn/ (letter).
What is the plural of ƹayn?
The plural of ƹayn is ƹayns.

Words near ƹayn in the dictionary

  1. Župa Dubrovačka
  2. Županja
  3. ſ
  4. ſ's
  5. ƛaʔuukʷiʔatḥ
  6. ƹayn
  7. ǀXam
  8. ǁXegwi
  9. ǂHoan
  10. ǂHõã
  11. ǂKxʼauǁʼein

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