Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jayhoun

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: jay-houn
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The Amu Darya river.

Etymology

From Arabic جَيْحُون (jayḥūn, “Amu Darya; Gihon”) and جِيحُون (jīḥūn, “(same)”), from Biblical Hebrew גִּיחוֹן (Giḥôn). Doublet of Gihon.

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: جَيْحُون, -

Questions

What does jayhoun mean?: The Amu Darya river.
Where does jayhoun come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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