different between ayn vs payn

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

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French pain, from Latin panis (“bread”).

Noun

payn

1. bread

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Piers Plowman to this entry?)

Alternative forms

• pain, paine, pein

Descendants

• English: pain (obsolete)

References

• “pain, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

payn

1. Alternative form of pane (“textile”)

Etymology 3

Noun

payn

1. Alternative form of payen (“pagan”)