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عين

عين

See also: عین and غين

Arabic

Verb

عَيَّنَ (ʿayyana) II, non-past يُعَيِّنُ‎ (yuʿayyinu) (transitive)

  1. to appoint, to nominate
  2. to define
  3. to designate, to specify
Conjugation

Etymology 2

عين

From Proto-Semitic *ʿayn-, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic *ʿayVn-.

Noun

عَيْن (ʿayn) f (dual عَيْنَان (ʿaynān), plural عُيُون (ʿuyūn) or أَعْيُن (ʾaʿyun))

  1. (anatomy) eye (organ)
    • عَيْنَاىَ (ʿaynāya, dual nom.) my two eyes
    • عَيْنَاكَ (ʿaynāka, dual nom.) your (m/sg) two eyes
  2. spring (of water)
  3. name of the 13th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
  4. envy
  5. spy
  6. The thing itself
  7. A revered person in the community.
  8. (law) money or whatever is the equivalent of money.
  9. (economics) what has monetary value except money.
Declension

Etymology 3

Noun

عَيْن (ʿayn) f (plural عَيْنَات (ʿaynāt))

  1. Name of the eighteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet (ع (ʿ)), representing the sound /ʕ/
Declension

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic عَيْن (ʿayn), from Proto-Semitic *ʿayn-, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic *ʿayVn-.

Pronunciation

Noun

عين (Rumi spelling ain)

  1. (anatomy) eye (organ)

Synonyms