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za·yin

 (zä′yĭn)
n.
The seventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet. See Table at alphabet.

[Hebrew, of Phoenician origin; see in Semitic roots.]
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zayin

(ˈzɑːjɪn)
n
(Letters of the Alphabet (Foreign)) the seventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ז), transliterated as z
[from Hebrew, literally: weapon]
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za•yin

(ˈzɑ yɪn)

n.
the seventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
[1895–1900; < Hebrew, akin to zayin weapon]
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Noun1.zayin - the 7th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Hebraic alphabet, Hebrew alphabet, Hebrew script - a Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino)
alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"
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