Ai

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ai"

English

Etymology 1

From Hebrew העי (ai, heap of ruins).

Proper noun

Ai

  1. (biblical) a Canaanite royal city mentioned in the Book of Joshua, popularly believed to be the modern archeological site Et-Tell.
  2. (biblical) a city mentioned in Jeremiah 49:3 of unknown location, possibly the same city as definition 1.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Japanese Ai.

Proper noun

Ai

  1. A Japanese female given name

References

  • Ai on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • "Ai" in Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary.

Anagrams

German Low German

Alternative forms

  • Ägg
  • Egg (plural Egger) (Paderbornisch, Osnabrückisch, Lippisch)
  • Eug (plural Euger) (Lippisch)
  • Egger (plural; Sauerländisch)

Etymology

From Middle Low German ei, from Old Saxon ei, from Proto-Germanic *ajją.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɪ/

Noun

Ai n (plural Aier or Ägger)

  1. (Westphalian) egg

Japanese

Romanization

Ai

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あい

Portuguese

Proper noun

Ai f

  1. (biblical) Ai (an ancient city in Canaan, mentioned in the Book of Joshua)
  2. (biblical) Ai (an ancient city mentioned in the Book of Jeremiah)
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