ghain

American  

[reyn] / reɪn /

noun

1. the nineteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet.

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Etymology

Origin of ghain

From the Arabic word ghayn

Example Sentences

Yusuf was called in, and declared that the ghain was the letter which distinguished Arabic from all other languages.

From Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government by Richardson, James

Omri was likewise pronounced in accordance with the older system, before the ghain became ayin.

From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Pinches, Theophilus Goldridge

Richardson, incorrect in calling the Arabic guttural letter, grain, ghain, 492.

From An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa by Jackson, James Grey

In the mouth of an Arab the sound is that of the guttural ghain, which is pronounced by the Berbers and Negroes somewhat like the Northumberland burr, hence usually transliterated by rh in non-Semitic words.

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court

I had a long dispute with Overweg about the letter ghain, which he persists in pronouncing like a strong k.

From Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government by Richardson, James