different between ayin vs aleph

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

Alternative forms

• alef (Hebrew, Persian)
• alif (Arabic)
• alaph (Syriac), olaph (Western Syriac)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew ???? (álef), with a Hellenized ph spelling due to influence from alpha.

Noun

aleph (plural alephs)

1. The first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, and its descendants in descended Semitic scripts, such as Phoenician ????? (?, ?aleph), Aramaic ????? (?), Classical Syriac ?? ('?laph), Hebrew ?? (aleph) and Arabic ?? (?alif).

Derived terms

Related terms

• alpha

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