Ayin

For the concept in Kabbalah, see Ayin (Kabbalah).

For the village in Azerbaijan, see Əyin.

← Samekh Ayin Pe →
Phoenician	Hebrew	Aramaic	Syriac	Arabic
	ע		ܥ	ع‍,‍ع‍,ع
Alphabetic derivatives		Greek	Latin	Cyrillic
		Ο	O	О
Phonemic representation:				ʕ
Position in alphabet:				16
Numerical (Gematria/Abjad) value:				70

Ayin or ʿayin (Hebrew: [ajin], Arabic: [ʕajn]^{[see below]}) is the sixteenth letter in many Semitic abjads, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew ע and Arabic ʿayn ع (in abjadi order). It is the twenty-first letter in the new Persian alphabet. It represents a sound like a voiced pharyngeal fricative (/ʕ/), which has no equivalent in English.

There are many possible transliterations, most commonly ʿ, (U+02BF) "modifier letter left half ring". For details, see section Transliteration.

Origins

Semitic alphabets
Phoenician (c.1050 – 200 BCE)
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР Keshavasuta Nun (letter) Look at other dictionaries: Ayin — (lettre) Lettres de l hébreu א Aleph ב Beth/Veth ג Gimel ד Dalet ה He ו Vav ז Zayin …   Wikipédia en Français 'AYIN — (Heb. ע; עַיִן) (fricative pharyngeal), the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet; its numerical value is 70. Its earliest representation is the acrophonic pictograph of an eye (ʿayin) !ejud 0002 0002 0 img0277 . The pupil of the eye disappears… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism ayin — [ä′yin] n. [Heb ayin, lit., eye] the sixteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ע) …   English World dictionary Ayin — (ע, pronunciado /ħ/) es la 16ª letra del alfabeto fenicio y hebreo. La letra fenicia dio lugar a la ómicron (Ο, ο) del alfabeto griego, a la O del alfabeto latino y a su equivalente cirílico …   Enciclopedia Universal ayinə — is. <fars.> bax ayna 1 ci mənada. Ol məhi namehriban istər ki, zülfün darasın; Sən götür ayinə, ey gün, ey qəmər, sən şanə tut. S. Ə. Ş.. Şairəm, əsrimin ayinəsiyəm; Məndə hər kəs görür öz qaşgözünü. M. Ə. S.. Ədəbiyyat <xalqın>… …   Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti ayin — noun the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet • Hypernyms: ↑letter, ↑letter of the alphabet, ↑alphabetic character • Member Holonyms: ↑Hebrew alphabet, ↑Hebraic alphabet, ↑Hebrew script * * * /ah yin/ …   Useful english dictionary ayin — noun Etymology: Hebrew ‘ayin, literally, eye Date: 1823 the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet see alphabet table …   New Collegiate Dictionary Ayin — Ajin Ajin oder Ayn (עין) ist der sechzehnte Buchstabe im Hebräischen Alphabet. Er hat den Zahlenwert 70. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Aussprache 2 Geschichte 3 …   Deutsch Wikipedia ayin — /ah yin/; Seph. Heb. /ah yeen/, n. 1. the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet. 2. the voiced pharyngeal constrictive consonant represented by this letter and cognate with Arabic ain. [1875 80; < Heb ayin lit., eye] * * * …   Universalium Ayin —    Islamic ritual dance associated with the Sufi order of Mevlevi, founded by Jalāl al dīn Rūmī (1207–1273) and now centered in Konya, Turkey. The roughly 100 surviving ayin compositions date from the 16th century, although the earliest musical… …   Historical dictionary of sacred music 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”