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ain

1

[ eyn ]

adjective

Scot.
  1. own.


Ain

2

[ an ]

noun

  1. a department in E France. 2,249 sq. mi. (5,825 sq. km). : Bourg.

ʿ

3
or ʿ

[ ahyn, eyn ]

noun

  1. the 18th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
  2. the voiced pharyngeal constrictive consonant represented by this letter.

Ain

1

/ ɛ̃ /

noun

  1. a department in E central France, in Rhône-Alpes region. Capital: Bourg. Pop: 539 006 (2003 est). Area: 5785 sq km (2256 sq miles)
  2. a river in E France, rising in the Jura Mountains and flowing south to the Rhône. Length: 190 km (118 miles)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

ain

2

/ ɪ /

determiner

  1. a Scot word for own
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

ain

3

/ ˈɑːɪ /

noun

  1. a variant of ayin
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of ain1

1700–25; representing Old English ǣ or Old Norse eiginn; replacing Middle English ( Scots ) awyn, awne, Old English 岵; own

Origin of ain2

From the Arabic word ʿ
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Example Sentences

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In Amharic they are known as ain, or eyes, and the more of them, the better.

From

“I never heard of it. They ain’ got Specters there?”

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But you ask anyone, they know if she go past, because there ain’ no one like her in Ci’gazze, not before and not now.

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Academic freedom was not the ain concern of these organizing efforts, and unions are not particularly sensitized or adept at defending such concerns.

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All come in discrete heaps on a round of injera punctured by tiny eyes, or ain, the Amharic term for bubbles trapped in the dough.

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