zayin

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew זַיִן‎ (zayin), from a Proto-Semitic word for "sword" or other weapon.

Noun

zayin (plural zayins)

The seventh letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

Translations

Semitic letter

Arabic: زين‎ (ar) m (zayn)
Catalan: zain (ca) f
Finnish: zajin (fi)

Hebrew: זַיִן‎ (he) m (záyin)
Yiddish: זין‎ m or f (zayen)

Further reading

zayin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

Yanzi

French

Noun

zayin m

zayin

Spanish

Pronunciation

(Castilian) IPA^(key): /ˈθaɟ͡ʝin/, [ˈθaʝĩn]

(Latin America) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɟ͡ʝin/, [ˈsaʝĩn]

Noun

zayin f (plural zayin)

zayin

Synonyms

zayn

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