AnOld Iranian borrowing, cognate toOld Armenianզէն(zēn).
The sense that it refers to the human penis perhaps comes from the fact that an erect penis resembles a sword or a spear.
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זַיִן• (záyin) m (plural indefiniteזֵינִים)
זַיִן• (záyin)
זיין /זִיֵּן• (ziyen) (pi'el construction)
FromMiddle High Germansin, fromOld High Germansin, fromProto-West Germanic*sinn. CompareGermanSinn.
זין• (zin) m,pluralזינען(zinen)
זין• (zin)