ain
Malay
/aen/, /aɪn/
noun
Definitions
- (anatomy) eye organ
Etymology
Derived from Arabic عَيْن (eye, spring) derived from Proto-Semitic *ʿayn- (eye) derived from Proto-Afro-Asiatic *ʿayVn-.
Origin
Proto-Afro-Asiatic
*ʿayVn-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ayin English
- ain Italian
- ع ي ن Arabic
- عين Arabic
- عَيْن Arabic
- عینک Persian
- عين Malay
- עַיִן Hebrew (modern)
- עין Hebrew (modern)
- għajn Maltese
- *ʿayn- Proto-Semitic
- עֵינָא Aramaic
- עינא Aramaic
- عين Moroccan Arabic
- 𒅆 Akkadian
- 𐤏𐤉𐤍 Phoenician
- 𐤏𐤍 Phoenician
- ዐይን Amharic
- *ʕayVn- Proto-Afro-Asiatic
- *ʿayVn- Proto-Afro-Asiatic
- عين North Levantine Arabic
- 𐎓𐎊𐎐 Ugaritic
- ዓይኒ Tigrinya
- cayn Somali
- 𒀀𒈾𒈾 Eblaite