ain

• äin

From Old High German ein, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz. Cognate with German ein, Dutch een, English one, an, Swedish en.

• IPA^(key): /æin/

ain m

1. one

• ai f
• ais n

ain

1. woman

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
• Stephen Adolphe Wurm, New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study (1976)

ain

1. Instructive plural form of aa.

• ani, nai

ain

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌹𐌽

ain

1. always
2. still

• Entry 26453 in Álgu database

• ayin, ayn

Romanization of Arabic عَيْن‎ (ʿayn), from Proto-Semitic *ʿayn- (“eye”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈajn/
• Stress: àin

ain m or f (invariable)

1. ayin
   1. The name of the Arabic-script letter ع‎
   2. The name of the Hebrew-script letter ע
   3. The name of the Phoenician-script letter 𐤏
   4. The name of the Syriac-script letter ܥ

• ain in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

From Arabic عَيْن‎ (ʿayn), from Proto-Semitic *ʿayn-, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic *ʿayVn-.

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /aen/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /aɪn/
• Rhymes: -aen, -en

ain (Jawi spelling عين‎, plural ain-ain, informal first-person possessive ainku, informal second-person possessive ainmu, third-person possessive ainnya)

1. (anatomy) eye (organ)

• (organ): mata / مات‎

ain

1. first-person plural of ec (at us)
2. (idiomatically) our

ain m (plural ains)

1. (Jersey) fishhook

• cro

Related to Lule Sami ájn.

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈajn/

ain

1. still
2. even
3. yet

• Entry 24670 in Álgu database

• IPA^(key): /anʲ/

·ain

1. third-person singular future and present subjunctive conjunct of aingid

• anais (absolute)

ain

1. second-person singular imperative of aingid

• IPA^(key): /ɐjin/

Borrowed from English iron, from Middle English iren, a rhotacism of Old English īsern, īsærn, īren, īsen, from Proto-Germanic *īsarną, from Gaulish īsarno-, from Proto-Celtic *īsarno-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ēsh₂r̥no- (“bloody, red”), from *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”).

ain

1. flatiron, clothes iron

ain

1. (intransitive) (neutral) to iron

Borrowed from English irons.

ain

1. handcuffs, shackles, irons

   Polis kin doadoahngki ain.

   Policemen use handcuffs.

• ayn
• awn, awin (obsolete)

From Middle English aȝen, from Old English āgen, ǣġen (“one's own”), or possibly from Old Norse eiginn (“own”). More at own.

ain

1. Belonging to, or on behalf of, a specified person (especially oneself); own.

   Ma ain dear sister ― My own dear sister

   Clap, clap handies / Mammie's wee, wee, ain.

From English iron.

ain

1. iron; steel