zein
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See also: Zein
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From translingual Zea (“corn genus”) + -in.
Noun
[edit]zein (countable and uncountable, plural zeins)
- A protein derived from corn/maize, having many industrial applications.
Anagrams
[edit]Basque
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Basque *zeren, genitive of *zer. Doublet of zeren.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]
Determiner
[edit]zein (preposed, interrogative)
Pronoun
[edit]zein (interrogative)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Basque interrogative pronouns
Derived terms
[edit]- zein baino zein
- zein ere
- zein eta zein (“which”)
- zein gehiago
- zeinahi
- zeinahi den
- zeinda (“as”)
- zeinek esan (“who would have guessed”)
- zeinen
- zeingehiagoka
- zeintsu (“which one approximately”)
- zeintzuk
References
[edit]- ^ “ze-” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Further reading
[edit]- “zein”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia
- “zein”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Crimean Tatar
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic ذِهْن (ḏihn, “mind, intellect”).
Noun
[edit]zein
Declension
[edit]Declension of zein
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]Categories:
- English terms derived from Translingual
- English terms suffixed with -in
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- Basque terms inherited from Proto-Basque
- Basque terms derived from Proto-Basque
- Basque terms with IPA pronunciation
- Basque terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Basque/ei̯n
- Rhymes:Basque/ei̯n/1 syllable
- Basque lemmas
- Basque determiners
- Basque interrogative determiners
- Basque pronouns
- Basque interrogative pronouns
- Crimean Tatar terms derived from Arabic
- Crimean Tatar terms derived from the Arabic root ذ ه ن
- Crimean Tatar lemmas
- Crimean Tatar nouns