AYIN

ayin

(noun) the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

ayin (plural ayins)

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

• I. Taylor, The Alphabet

Anagrams

• Niya

Source: Wiktionary



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