Ayin
| ← Samekh Ayin Pe → | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenician | Hebrew | Aramaic | Syriac | Arabic |
 | ע |  | ܥ | ع,ع |
| Phonemic representation: | ʕ | |||
| Position in alphabet: | 16 | |||
| Numerical (Gematria/Abjad) value: | 70 | |||
Ayin or ʿayin 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 originally represented a sound approximately like a voiced pharyngeal fricative (IPA /ʕ/), which has no equivalent in English.
Ayin is usually transliterated into the Latin alphabet with ʿ, (U+02BF) "modifier letter left half ring", a symbol based on the Greek spiritus asper ʽ, for example in the name of the letter itself, ʿayin. The grave accent ` is sometimes used as a substitute. The Maltese language, which uses a Latin alphabet (and is the only Semitic language to do so in its standard form) writes the ayin as għ.
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ʿÁyin or ʿayin 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 alphabet in ...
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noun . 1. the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet. 2. the voiced pharyngeal constrictive consonant represented by this letter and cognate with Arabic 'ain.
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a·yin (n) n. The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet. See Table at alphabet. [Hebrew 'ayin, eye, ayin; see yn in Semitic roots.] Thesaurus Legend: Synonyms Related Words ...
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The Hebrew Letter Ayin. ... The sixteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet is called “Ayin” (pronounced “ ah-yeen
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