different between ayin vs akin

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

English

Etymology

From a corruption of of kin, from Middle English of kyn (“related, of kin”), equivalent to a- +? kin (1550s). Compare Old English cyn, cynn (“akin, proper, suitable”, adj.).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??k?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??k?n/

Adjective

akin (comparative more akin, superlative most akin)

1. (of persons) Of the same kin; related by blood.
   • 1722, Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders, ch. 23:

     We are too near akin to lie together, though we may lodge near one another.

   • 1897, Joseph Conrad, The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’, ch. 2:

     The faces changed, passing in rotation. Youthful faces, bearded faces, dark faces: faces serene, or faces moody, but all akin with the brotherhood of the sea.

2. (often followed by to) Allied by nature; similar; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.
   • 1677, Theophilus Gale, The Court of the Gentiles, T. Cockeril, part 4, bk. 1, ch. 2, p. 27:

     Is not then Fruition near akin to Love?

   • 1710, anon., "To the Spectator, &c.," The Spectator, vol. 1, no. 8 (March 9), p. 39:

     She told me that she hoped my Face was not akin to my Tongue.

   • 1837, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers, ch. 39:

     Mr. Winkle . . . took his hand with a feeling of regard, akin to veneration.

   • 1910, Zane Grey, "Old Well-Well," Success (July):

     Something akin to a smile shone on his face.

Usage notes

• This adjective is always placed after the noun that it modifies.

Synonyms

• (related by blood): See also Thesaurus:consanguine
• (of the same kind): See also Thesaurus:akin

Derived terms

• unakin

Related terms

• consanguine

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Inka, Kian, Naik, kain, kina, naik

Hungarian

Etymology

aki +? -n

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??kin]
• Hyphenation: akin

Pronoun

akin

1. superessive singular of aki

Tagalog

Determiner

akin

1. my

Pronoun

akin

1. (possessive) mine

See also