ayin

a·yin

A0558400 (ī′ĭn)n. The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet. See Table at alphabet.

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[Hebrew 'ayin, eye, ayin; see ʕyn in Semitic roots.]

ayin

(ˈɑːjɪn; Hebrew ˈajiːn) n (Letters of the Alphabet (Foreign)) the 16th letter in the Hebrew alphabet (ע), originally a pharyngeal fricative, that is now silent and transliterated by a raised inverted comma (`)[Hebrew]

a•yin

(ˈɑ yɪn, ˈɑ yin)

n. the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet. [1875–80; < Hebrew ‘ayin literally, eye]

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ayin - the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabetHebraic alphabet, Hebrew alphabet, Hebrew script - a Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino)alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"