ƹayn

English

Etymology

From the Arabic letter ع (ʕayn).

Pronunciation

  • (letter name) IPA(key): /aɪn/
  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /ʕ/

Noun

ƹayn (plural ƹayns)

  1. (phonetics, dated, rare) Synonym of ayin.
    • 2011, Ivan Panović, Writing Practices in Contemporary Egypt‎[1] (thesis), University of Oxford, 1.5. Franco, page 59:
      So, for example, while 2, 3 and 7 have become conventional signs for writing ء (hamza), ع (ƹayn) and ح (ḥā') respectively, ways of writing خ (xā') and غ (ġayn) are in free variation in Egypt – 5, 7', and kh for خ, and 3', 5', and gh for غ.
    • [2024 October 31, Simon Ager, Michael Peter Füstumum, “Sudanese Arabic language”, in Omniglot‎[2]:
      ع
      عين
      ƹayn
      ƹ
      [ʕ]      ]
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