عين

See also: عین and غين

Arabic

Etymology 1

Morphologically from the root ع ي ن (ʿ-y-n), from Proto-Semitic *ʿayn-, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic *ʕayVn-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕaj.ja.na/

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

From Proto-Semitic *ʿayn-, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic *ʿayVn-. Synchronically from the root ع ي ن (ʿ-y-n).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕajn/
    • (Egyptian) IPA(key): /ʕẽjn/
    • (Kuwaiti) IPA(key): /ʕen/

Noun

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

عين
  1. (anatomy) eye (organ)
    • عَيْنَاىَ (ʿaynāya, dual nom.) my two eyes
    • عَيْنَاكَ (ʿaynāka, dual nom.) your (m/sg) two eyes
  2. spring (of water)
    Synonym: جَدْوَل (jadwal)
  3. envy
    Synonym: حَسَد (ḥasad)
  4. spy
    Synonym: جَاسُوس (jāsūs)
  5. (plural أَعْيُن (ʾaʿyun)) The thing itself
    Synonyms: نَفْس (nafs), ذَات (ḏāt)
  6. A revered person in the community.
  7. (law) money or whatever is the equivalent of money.
  8. (economics) what has monetary value except money.
Declension

Noun

عَيْن (ʿayn) m

  1. verbal noun of عَانَ (ʿāna) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 3

Morphologically from the root ع ي ن (ʿ-y-n).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕajn/

Noun

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

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

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), عين”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

عين (Rumi spelling ain, plural عين-عين or عين۲, informal first-person possessive عينکو, informal second-person possessive عينمو, third-person possessive عينڽ)

  1. (anatomy) eye (organ)

Synonyms

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