zayin

English

Alternative forms

zain, zayn, zay

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew זַיִן (zayin).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈzɑːjɪn/, /ˈzaɪ.ɪn/

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): /ˈθaʝin/ [ˈθa.ʝĩn] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
IPA^(key): /ˈsaʝin/ [ˈsa.ʝĩn] (most of Latin America, Philippines)

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

Rhymes: -aʝin
Syllabification: za‧yin

Noun

zayin f (plural zayin)

zayin
Synonym: zayn