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

Canaanite royal city mentioned in the Book of Joshua

• Portuguese: Ai f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

city mentioned in the Book of Jeremiah

• Portuguese: Ai f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Japanese Ai (Ai).

Proper noun

Ai

1. A Japanese female given name from Japanese

References

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

Anagrams

• -ia, IA, i.a.

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German Low German

Alternative forms

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

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Japanese

Romanization

Ai

1. Rōmaji transcription of あい

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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)