different between ayn vs ayen

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?n/

Etymology 1

A romanization of the sixteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Hebrew ? (?ayin), Phoenician (?ayin), Aramaic (??), and Syriac ? (??), Arabic ? (?ayn) (where it is sixteenth in abjadi order only).

Noun

ayn (plural ayns)

1. (linguistics) Synonym of ayin, the various letters representing the consonant /?/ in Semitic languages.

Etymology 2

A romanization of Kazakh ??? (aïn), the Kazakh name for the letter ? (?).

Noun

ayn (plural ayns)

1. (linguistics) Synonym of ghayn, the letter ?, representing the consonant /?/ or /?/, particularly in Kazakh.

Anagrams

• NAY, NYA, Nay, Yan, any, any%, nay, yan

Italian

Noun

ayn m or f (invariable)

1. Alternative spelling of ain

Manx

Pronoun

ayn

1. third-person singular of ayns

   in him/it

   • Cha nel ayn agh craueyn. He is reduced to a skeleton.

Derived terms

• aynsyn (emphatic)

Adverb

ayn

1. there
   • ayn as ass, there and back

Adjective

ayn

1. existent
   • ayn rish foddey, long-standing
2. present

English

Alternative forms

• ayein, ayeins

Etymology

Variant or relative of "again", in its obsolete sense "against".

Adverb

ayen (not comparable)

1. Back against.

Preposition

ayen

1. Back against.

Anagrams

• Enya, yean

Mapudungun

Verb

ayen (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. To laugh.
2. first-person singular realis form of ayen; I laughed; I have laughed.

Conjugation

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.