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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.

ʿain

3
or ʿayn

[ 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

/ eɪn /

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

/ ˈɑːjɪn /

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of ain1

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

Origin of ain2

From the Arabic word ʿayn
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Example Sentences

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

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

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.

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

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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