The ʿayin glyph in these various languages represents, or has represented, a voiced pharyngeal fricative (ʕ), or a similarly articulated consonant, which has no equivalent or approximate substitute in the sound‐system of English. There are many possible transliterations, most commonly ʿ, {unichar|02BF|modifier letter left half ring|html=}. Fo... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayin
the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet. · the voiced pharyngeal constrictive consonant represented by this letter and cognate with Arabic 'ain. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/ayin