zayin

English

Alternative forms

zain, zayn, zay

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew זַיִן (zayin).

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)
French: zaïn (fr) m, zayin (fr) m, zode (fr) m
Hebrew: זַיִן (he) m (záyin)
Yiddish: זין m or f (zayen)

See also

Appendix:Hebrew alphabet

Further reading

zayin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

Yanzi

French

Noun

zayin m

zayin

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθaʝin/ [ˈθa.ʝĩn]

IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsaʝin/ [ˈsa.ʝĩn]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈsaʃin/ [ˈsa.ʃĩn]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈsaʒin/ [ˈsa.ʒĩn]

Rhymes: -aʝin
Syllabification: za‧yin

Noun

zayin f (plural zayin)

zayin
Synonym: zayn

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