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zayin

[zah-yin]
noun
  1. the seventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
  2. the consonant sound represented by this letter.
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Origin of zayin

1895–1900; < Hebrew, akin to zayin weapon
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British Dictionary definitions for zayin

zayin

noun
  1. the seventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ז), transliterated as z
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Word Origin

from Hebrew, literally: weapon
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