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a⋅yin

  [ah-yin; Seph. Heb. ah-yeen]
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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.
Origin:
1875–80; < Heb ʿayin lit., eye
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a·yin   (ī'ĭn)   
n.  The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet. See Table at alphabet.

[Hebrew 'ayin, eye, ayin; see ʕyn in Semitic roots.]
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