zayin

English

Alternative forms

• zain, zayn, zay

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew זַיִן (zayin).

Noun

zayin (plural zayins)

1. 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

1. zayin

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθaʝin/ [ˈθa.ʝĩn]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsaʝin/ [ˈsa.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)

1. zayin

   Synonym: zayn