different between agin vs ayin

English

Etymology

From Scots agin, variant form of again (“against”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.???n/
• Rhymes: -?n
• Hyphenation: a?gin

Adverb

agin (not comparable)

1. (colloquial or now often humorous) Alternative form of again
   • 1859, Charles Dickens, "A Tale of Two Cities", in All the Year Round, vol. 1, p. 98:

     At which juncture, he exclaimed, in a voice of dire exasperation : “Bust me, if she ain't at it agin !”

Preposition

agin

1. (dialectal, colloquial, or now often humorous) Alternative form of against
   • 1859, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 19, p. 278:

     [The Court] said: "Young man, this ere Court is satisfied that there ain't nothin' in the laws of Vermont agin tippin' over a churn full of sap. […] But I want ye should remember one thing—that this ere Court has made up his mind that it's a very naughty trick, and it's a shame that there's so many maple-trees in the State, and no law agin tippin' over sap."

Anagrams

• Agni, Angi, Gain, Gina, NGIA, Nagi, Ngai, a- -ing, gain, gain-, gina, inga

Scots

Preposition

agin

1. Alternative form of again

English

Alternative forms

• ?ayin

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *?ayn- (“eye”), particularly via Hebrew ?????? (?áyin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?.?n/, /??.j?n/, /?(?)?.j?n/

Noun

ayin (plural ayins)

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

     Ayin is the most difficult of the faucals.

Translations

Further reading

• ayin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Niya

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Persian ????? (âyin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???jin]
• Hyphenation: ay?in

Noun

ayin (definite accusative ayini, plural ayinl?r)

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

Declension

Italian

Noun

ayin m or f (invariable)

1. Alternative spelling of ain

Kaqchikel

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *ahyiin.

Noun

ayin

1. alligator (clarification of this definition is needed)

References

• 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?^[1] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano de Centroamérica, page 9

Turkish

Etymology

From Persian ????? (âyin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??jin]

Noun

ayin (definite accusative ayini, plural ayinler)

1. rite, ritual; a religious ceremony

Declension

Synonyms

• ritüel