ࡀࡉࡍࡀ

Inherited from Aramaic עֵינָא (ʿaynā, ʿeynā), from Proto-Semitic *ʕayn-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʕayVn- (“eye”). Akin to Arabic عَيْن (ʕayn).

• IPA^(key): /ˈej.na/
• Rhymes: -ejna

ࡀࡉࡍࡀ (aina /eyna/) f (plural ࡀࡉࡍࡉࡀ (ainia) or ࡀࡉࡍࡀࡕࡀ (ainata) or ࡀࡉࡍࡀࡍࡉࡀࡕࡀ (ainaniata))

1. eye (organ)
   • c. 17th century, Šafta ḏ-Pišra ḏ-Ainia (roll):^[1]

     ࡀࡉࡍࡀ ࡁࡓࡅࡒࡕࡉࡀ

     aina bruqtia

     • 1937 translation by E. S. Drower

       eye with white cataract

2. eye (visual sense)
   • c. 17th century, Book of John page 39:^[1]

     ࡁࡀࡉࡉࡍࡀ ࡋࡏࡅࡕࡓࡉࡀ ࡁࡍࡀࡉ ࡄࡉࡍࡅࡍ ࡁࡀࡉࡍࡀࡉ ࡋࡀࡍࡀࡐࡋࡀ

     baiina lʿutria bnai hinun bainai lanapla

     • 1963 translation by E. S. Drower

       I seek for the uthras, my sons, but they do not meet my eyes

3. eye (iris with color)
   • c. 17th century, Šafta ḏ-Pišra ḏ-Ainia (roll):^[1]

     ࡀࡉࡍࡀ ࡆࡓࡅࡒࡕࡉࡀ

     aina zruqtia

     • 1937 translation by E. S. Drower

       blue eye

4. evil eye (superstitious bad eye)
   • c. 17th century, Šafta ḏ-Pišra ḏ-Ainia (roll):^[1]

     ࡐࡉࡔࡓࡀ ࡖࡀࡉࡍࡀ

     pišra ḏ-aina

     • 1937 translation by E. S. Drower

       exorcism of the (evil) eye

5. hole (opening, i.e. through fabric)

• Mandaic: ࡀࡉࡍࡀ (aina /⁠ina, inɔ⁠/)

ࡀࡉࡍࡀ (aina /eyna/) f (plural ࡀࡉࡍࡀࡕࡀ (ainata) or ࡀࡉࡍࡀࡍࡉࡀࡕࡀ (ainaniata) or ࡀࡉࡍࡉࡍࡉࡀࡕࡀ (aininiata) or ࡀࡉࡍࡉࡀࡕࡀ (ainiata) or ࡀࡉࡍࡀࡍࡉࡕࡀ (ainanita) or ࡀࡉࡍࡀࡍࡀࡕࡀ (ainanata) or ࡀࡉࡍࡏࡀࡍࡀࡕࡀ (ainʿanata))

1. wellspring (source of water)
2. (figurative) origin (beginning)

ࡀࡉࡍࡀ (aina /eyna/) f (plural ࡀࡉࡍࡀࡍࡉࡀࡕࡀ (ainaniata)) (figurative)

1. bud (sprout on a stem)
2. knot or roughness (in coarse silk)
3. (anatomy) kneecap

ࡀࡉࡍࡀ (aina /eyna/) f

1. "wellspring"; female aspect of creation

   Coordinate term: ࡎࡉࡍࡃࡉࡓࡊࡀ (sindirka)

• Macúch, Rudolf (1965), Handbook of Classical and Modern Mandaic‎^[1], Berlin: Walter de Gruyter & Co., →ISBN, page 173