Definitions for ayins

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ayins a·yin

Spelling: [ah-yin; Sephardic Hebrew ah-yeen]

IPA: /ˈɑ yɪn; Sephardic Hebrew ˈɑ yin/

Ayins is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 56 anagrams from letters in ayins (ainsy).

Definitions for ayins

noun

1. the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
2. the voiced pharyngeal constrictive consonant represented by this letter and cognate with Arabic 'ain.

Origin of ayins

First recorded in 1875-80, ayin is from the Hebrew word ʿayin literally, eye

Examples for ayins

His bosom friend, ayin, makes the sound of a subdued and home-sick calf.

The universal existence, the En-Sof, consequently is identical with the non-existent (ayin).