ꜥ

Letter

 * 1)  The lowercase letter ayin, used in most Egyptian transliteration schemes to represent the sound of the hieroglyph  . The sound value is thought to have been IPA [ʕ] since at least the time of Middle Egyptian, hypothesized by some to have come from earlier *[d].

Etymology 1
Possibly related to 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) arm, hand
 * 2) ‘hand’ of an animal: hoof of a cow, foot of a crocodile, etc.
 * 3) part, portion
 * 4) specific measure of a substance such as food, liquid, or myrrh; portion
 * 5) individual item of something countable, item, piece
 * 6) pair of something generally found in pairs
 * 7) region
 * 8) area, region, portion (of a country, piece of land, or building)
 * 9) region of the sky where something, particularly the sun, is located
 * 10)  state, condition
 * 11)  manner (of doing something, such as moving or flying)

Descendants
Compounded with :

Noun

 * 1) official document, register, record
 * 2) certificate, deed, warrant

Noun

 * 1) dyke

Noun

 * 1)  wooden shaft, particularly as a carriage pole or drawbar

Etymology 4
From earlier, or else a formation from the same root.

Noun

 * 1) house