different between ajwain vs atwain

English

Alternative forms

• ajouan, ajowan, ajowain, ajwan

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ?????? (ajv?in).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??d?wa?n/, /?æd?wa?n/

Noun

ajwain (plural ajwains)

1. A plant in the family Apiaceae (Trachyspermum ammi), and its seed-like fruit, which is used (especially in South Asian cooking) for its thyme-like flavor.

Synonyms

• bishop's weed
• carom

Translations

English

Etymology

From a- +? twain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??twe?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n

Adverb

atwain (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Into two parts.

   Synonyms: apart, asunder, in twain, in two

   • 1896, William Morris, The Well at the World’s End, London: Longmans, Green, Volume 2, Chapter 11, p. 55,^[1]

     […] a much wider valley into which a great reef of rocks thrust out from the high mountain, so that the northern half of the said vale was nigh cleft atwain by it;

   • 1939, Henry Miller, Tropic of Capricorn, New York: Grove Press, 1987, Chapter , p. 298,^[2]

     the elevated structure which cuts it [this street] atwain

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:asunder

Anagrams

• T'ai-wan, Taiwan