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60px;">English <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai" class="extiw" title="w:Ai">Ai</a></b></div></div><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai" class="extiw" title="w:Ai">Wikipedia </a></span></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r83974623">.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{font-size:90%;width:250px;padding:4px;text-align:left;background:var(--wikt-palette-paleblue,#f9f9f9);border:var(--border-color-base,#aaa)1px solid;display:flex;flex-direction:row;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .interproject-box>div:first-child{float:none!important;flex:none}.mw-parser-output .interproject-box>div:nth-child(2){margin-left:0.55em!important}body.skin-vector:not(.skin-vector-2022) .mw-parser-output .interproject-box .vector-hide{display:none}body.skin-vector:not(.skin-vector-2022) .mw-parser-output .interproject-box .vector-inline-block{display:inline-block;margin-left:0!important}@media screen and (max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5;width:100%;max-width:100%}}</style> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ai&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language" class="extiw" title="w:Hebrew language">Hebrew</a></span> <i class="Hebr mention" lang="he"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%99&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="העי (page does not exist)">הָעַי</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="he-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">ha-'ai</span>, <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">the heap of ruins</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Proper_noun">Proper noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ai&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Proper noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">Ai</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">biblical</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> An ancient <a href="/wiki/Canaanite" title="Canaanite">Canaanite</a> royal city mentioned in the <a href="/wiki/Joshua" title="Joshua">Book of Joshua</a>, popularly believed to be the modern archeological site <a href="/wiki/Et-Tell" title="Et-Tell">Et-Tell</a>.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">biblical</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> An ancient city mentioned in <a href="/wiki/Jeremiah" title="Jeremiah">Jeremiah</a> 49:3 of unknown location, possibly the same city as definition 1.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Translations">Translations</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ai&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-Canaanite_royal_city_mentioned_in_the_Book_of_Joshua"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">Canaanite royal city mentioned in the Book of Joshua</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="Canaanite royal city mentioned in the Book of Joshua"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Portuguese">Ai</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-city_mentioned_in_the_Book_of_Jeremiah"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">city mentioned in the Book of Jeremiah</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="city mentioned in the Book of Jeremiah"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Portuguese">Ai</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ai&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_language" class="extiw" title="w:Japanese language">Japanese</a></span> <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E3%81%82%E3%81%84#Japanese" title="あい">あい</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-tr tr">Ai</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Proper_noun_2">Proper noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ai&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Proper noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">Ai</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="use-with-mention">A female <a href="/wiki/given_name" title="given name">given name</a> from Japanese</span>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_3">Etymology 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ai&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Etymology 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Borrowed from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language" class="extiw" title="w:Chinese language">Chinese</a></span> <i class="Hani mention" lang="zh"><a href="/wiki/%E8%89%BE#Chinese" title="艾">艾</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="zh-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">Ài</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Proper_noun_3">Proper noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ai&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Proper noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">Ai</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Ais#English" title="Ais">Ais</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="use-with-mention">A <a href="/wiki/surname" title="surname">surname</a> from Chinese</span>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Statistics">Statistics</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ai&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>According to the 2010 United States Census, <i>Ai</i> is the 36,379<sup>th</sup> most common surname in the United States, belonging to 615 individuals. <i>Ai</i> is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (82.44%) individuals.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ai&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Hanks" class="extiw" title="w:Patrick Hanks">Hanks, Patrick</a>, editor (<span class="None" lang="und">2003</span>), “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=Ai">Ai</a>”, in <cite>Dictionary of American Family Names</cite>, volume 1, New York: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" class="extiw" title="w:Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0199771693" title="Special:BookSources/0199771693">→ISBN</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=vG7MZ9J6dAgC&pg=PA15">page <span class="None" lang="und">15</span></a></span></span>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ai&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ai">Ai</a>" in <i>Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary</i>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anagrams">Anagrams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ai&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Anagrams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/-ia#English" title="-ia">-ia</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/IA#English" title="IA">IA</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/i.a.#English" title="i.a.">i.a.</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Angami">Angami</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ai&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Angami"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Letter">Letter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ai&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Letter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="njm">Ai</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="use-with-mention">The fourth <a href="/wiki/letter" title="letter">letter</a> of the Angami <a href="/wiki/alphabet" title="alphabet">alphabet</a>, written in the <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Latin_script" title="Appendix:Latin script">Latin script</a>.</span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="See_also">See also</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ai&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Latin_script" title="Appendix:Latin script">Latin-script</a> letters</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <span class="Latn" lang="njm"><a href="/wiki/%C3%9C#Angami" title="Ü">Ü</a> <a href="/wiki/%C3%BC#Angami" title="ü">ü</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C3%9Ci#Angami" title="Üi">Üi</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=%C3%BCi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="üi (page does not exist)">üi</a>, <a href="/wiki/A#Angami" title="A">A</a> <a href="/wiki/a#Angami" title="a">a</a>, <strong class="selflink">Ai</strong> <a href="/wiki/ai#Angami" title="ai">ai</a>, <a href="/wiki/I#Angami" title="I">I</a> <a href="/wiki/i#Angami" title="i">i</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ie#Angami" title="Ie">Ie</a> <a href="/wiki/ie#Angami" title="ie">ie</a>, <a href="/wiki/U#Angami" title="U">U</a> <a href="/wiki/u#Angami" title="u">u</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uo#Angami" title="Uo">Uo</a> <a href="/wiki/uo#Angami" title="uo">uo</a>, <a href="/wiki/E#Angami" title="E">E</a> <a href="/wiki/e#Angami" title="e">e</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ei#Angami" title="Ei">Ei</a> <a href="/wiki/ei#Angami" title="ei">ei</a>, <a href="/wiki/O#Angami" title="O">O</a> <a href="/wiki/o#Angami" title="o">o</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ou#Angami" title="Ou">Ou</a> <a href="/wiki/ou#Angami" title="ou">ou</a>, <a href="/wiki/K#Angami" title="K">K</a> <a href="/wiki/k#Angami" title="k">k</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kh#Angami" title="Kh">Kh</a> <a href="/wiki/kh#Angami" title="kh">kh</a>, <a href="/wiki/G#Angami" title="G">G</a> <a href="/wiki/g#Angami" title="g">g</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ng#Angami" title="Ng">Ng</a> <a href="/wiki/ng#Angami" title="ng">ng</a>, <a href="/wiki/C#Angami" title="C">C</a> <a href="/wiki/c#Angami" title="c">c</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ch#Angami" title="Ch">Ch</a> <a href="/wiki/ch#Angami" title="ch">ch</a>, <a href="/wiki/J#Angami" title="J">J</a> <a href="/wiki/j#Angami" title="j">j</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jh#Angami" title="Jh">Jh</a> <a href="/wiki/jh#Angami" title="jh">jh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ny#Angami" title="Ny">Ny</a> <a href="/wiki/ny#Angami" title="ny">ny</a>, <a href="/wiki/T#Angami" title="T">T</a> <a href="/wiki/t#Angami" title="t">t</a>, <a href="/wiki/Th#Angami" title="Th">Th</a> <a href="/wiki/th#Angami" title="th">th</a>, <a href="/wiki/D#Angami" title="D">D</a> <a href="/wiki/d#Angami" title="d">d</a>, <a href="/wiki/N#Angami" title="N">N</a> <a href="/wiki/n#Angami" title="n">n</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ts#Angami" title="Ts">Ts</a> <a href="/wiki/ts#Angami" title="ts">ts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tsh#Angami" title="Tsh">Tsh</a> <a href="/wiki/tsh#Angami" title="tsh">tsh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dz#Angami" title="Dz">Dz</a> <a href="/wiki/dz#Angami" title="dz">dz</a>, <a href="/wiki/P#Angami" title="P">P</a> <a href="/wiki/p#Angami" title="p">p</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ph#Angami" title="Ph">Ph</a> <a href="/wiki/ph#Angami" title="ph">ph</a>, <a href="/wiki/B#Angami" title="B">B</a> <a href="/wiki/b#Angami" title="b">b</a>, <a href="/wiki/M#Angami" title="M">M</a> <a href="/wiki/m#Angami" title="m">m</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pf#Angami" title="Pf">Pf</a> <a href="/wiki/pf#Angami" title="pf">pf</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bv#Angami" title="Bv">Bv</a> <a href="/wiki/bv#Angami" title="bv">bv</a>, <a href="/wiki/Y#Angami" title="Y">Y</a> <a href="/wiki/y#Angami" title="y">y</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yh#Angami" title="Yh">Yh</a> <a href="/wiki/yh#Angami" title="yh">yh</a>, <a href="/wiki/R#Angami" title="R">R</a> <a href="/wiki/r#Angami" title="r">r</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rh#Angami" title="Rh">Rh</a> <a href="/wiki/rh#Angami" title="rh">rh</a>, <a href="/wiki/L#Angami" title="L">L</a> <a href="/wiki/l#Angami" title="l">l</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lh#Angami" title="Lh">Lh</a> <a href="/wiki/lh#Angami" title="lh">lh</a>, <a href="/wiki/F#Angami" title="F">F</a> <a href="/wiki/f#Angami" title="f">f</a>, <a href="/wiki/V#Angami" title="V">V</a> <a href="/wiki/v#Angami" title="v">v</a>, <a href="/wiki/W#Angami" title="W">W</a> <a href="/wiki/w#Angami" title="w">w</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wh#Angami" title="Wh">Wh</a> <a href="/wiki/wh#Angami" title="wh">wh</a>, <a href="/wiki/S#Angami" title="S">S</a> <a href="/wiki/s#Angami" title="s">s</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sh#Angami" title="Sh">Sh</a> <a href="/wiki/sh#Angami" title="sh">sh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Z#Angami" title="Z">Z</a> <a href="/wiki/z#Angami" title="z">z</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zh#Angami" title="Zh">Zh</a> <a href="/wiki/zh#Angami" title="zh">zh</a>, <a href="/wiki/H#Angami" title="H">H</a> <a href="/wiki/h#Angami" title="h">h</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="German_Low_German">German Low German</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ai&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: German Low German"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternative_forms">Alternative forms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ai&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="nds-de"><a href="/wiki/%C3%84gg#German_Low_German" title="Ägg">Ägg</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="nds-de"><a href="/wiki/Egg#German_Low_German" title="Egg">Egg</a></span> <span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content">Paderbornisch, Osnabrückisch, Lippisch</span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span> (plural <i class="Latn mention" lang="nds-de"><a href="/wiki/Egger#German_Low_German" title="Egger">Egger</a></i>)</li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="nds-de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eug&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eug (page does not exist)">Eug</a></span> <span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content">Lippisch</span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span> (plural <i class="Latn mention" lang="nds-de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Euger&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Euger (page does not exist)">Euger</a></i>)</li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="nds-de"><a href="/wiki/Egger#German_Low_German" title="Egger">Egger</a></span> <span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content">plural; Sauerländisch</span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ai&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Low_German" class="extiw" title="w:Middle Low German">Middle Low German</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gml"><a href="/wiki/ei#Middle_Low_German" title="ei">ei</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Saxon" class="extiw" title="w:Old Saxon">Old Saxon</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="osx"><a href="/wiki/ei#Old_Saxon" title="ei">ei</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ajj%C4%85" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ajją">*ajją</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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<b><span class="Latn form-of lang-nds-de p-form-of" lang="nds-de"><a href="/wiki/Aier#German_Low_German" title="Aier">Aier</a></span></b> <i>or</i> <b><span class="Latn form-of lang-nds-de p-form-of" lang="nds-de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C3%84gger&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ägger (page does not exist)">Ägger</a></span></b>) </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westphalian_language" class="extiw" title="w:Westphalian language">Westphalian</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/egg" title="egg">egg</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Japanese">Japanese</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ai&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Japanese"><span>edit</span></a><span 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