different between zawn vs awn

English

Etymology

From Cornish sâwn, sawan (“chasm”). Cognate with Welsh safn (“mouth”), Breton staoñ (“palate”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /z??n/

Noun

zawn (plural zawns)

1. (regional Britain) A deep and narrow sea-inlet in the British Isles, especially Cornwall and the south-west, cut by erosion into sea-cliffs, and with steep or vertical side-walls.

References

• Zawn Lens
• UK Climbing.com

English

Etymology

From Middle English aw(u)ne, agune, agene, from Old Danish aghn (compare modern Danish avne), from Proto-Germanic *agan?, *ahan? (“chaff”) (compare Old English ægnan, Dutch agen, German Ahne, Agen), from Proto-Indo-European *a?an? (compare Latin agna (“ear of wheat”), Lithuanian ašnìs (“edge, blade”), Czech osina, Ancient Greek ?????? (ákaina, “spike, prick”), ?????? (ákanos, “pine-thistle”), Sanskrit ???? (a?áni, “thunderbolt, arrow tip”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?e?- (“sharp”). More at edge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n/
• Rhymes: -??n
• Homophone: on (US, Southern) (US, Midland American English) (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

Noun

awn (plural awns)

1. The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.

Translations

Anagrams

• NWA, WAN, Wan, naw, wan, wan-

Middle Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.un/, /au?n/

Verb

awn

1. inflection of mynet:
   1. first-person plural present indicative/imperative
   2. first-person singular imperfect indicative

Portuguese

Interjection

awn

1. (Internet slang) aw, aww (express affection)

Welsh

Alternative forms

• (first-person singular conditional): elwn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /au?n/

Verb

awn

1. inflection of mynd:
   1. first-person plural present indicative/future
   2. first-person singular conditional
   3. (literary) first-person plural imperative

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