Ayn

See also: ayn and AYN

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɪn/
  • Audio (General American):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪn
  • Homophone: eyen

Etymology 1

From French Ayn, recorded earlier as Latin Ainum, presumably from an uncertain Gaulish or Ancient Ligurian etymon, *aginn (“height, high place”), possibly from pre-Celtic *Agannus (“rock”), perhaps from the same ultimate origin as the place Aginnum.[1][2]

Proper noun

Ayn

  1. A commune of Savoie department, France.

References

  1. ^ Adolphe Gros, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieu de la Savoie, La Fontaine de Siloé, 1935 (réimpr. 2004, 2021) (1re éd. 1935), 519 p. (→ISBN, lire en ligne [archive]), p. 42.
  2. ^ Henry Suter, « Ayn [archive] », sur le site d'Henry Suter, « Noms de lieux de Suisse romande, Savoie et environs » - henrysuter.ch, 2000-2009 (mis à jour le 18 décembre 2009)

Etymology 2

A romanization of Arabic عَيْن (ʕayn), from Somali Cayn.

Proper noun

Ayn

  1. Synonym of Buhoodle, a district of Togdheer, Somalia.

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Ayn

  1. A female given name.

Anagrams

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