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Inherited from Middle English aw(u)ne, agune, from Old Norse ǫgn (compare Danish avne), from Proto-Germanic *aganō, *ahanō (“chaff”) (compare Old English agnu, Dutch agen, German Ahne, Agen), from Proto-Indo-European *aḱanā (compare Latin agna (“ear of wheat”), Lithuanian ašni̇̀s (“edge, blade”), Czech osina, Ancient Greek ἄκαινα (ákaina, “spike, prick”), ἄκανος (ákanos, “pine-thistle”), Sanskrit अशनि (aśáni, “thunderbolt, arrow tip”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h2eḱ- (“sharp”). More at edge.

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: ахәҵәы́ (axwcwʼə́) — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Southern Altai: кылган (kïlgan) — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Arabic: سَفَاة (safāh) — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Azerbaijani: qılçıq — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Bashkir: ҡылсыҡ (qılsıq) — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Bulgarian: осил (osil) — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Chechen: дитт (ditt) — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Chinese Mandarin: 芒 (máng) — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Chuvash: хылчӑк (hylč̬ăk) — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Crimean Tatar: qılçıq — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Czech: osina — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Dutch: kafnaald — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Esperanto: aristo — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Estonian: ohe — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Finnish: vihne — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• French: barbe — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Galician: argana — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Galician: aresta — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Galician: coaño — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Georgian: ფხა (pxa) — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• German: Granne — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Greek: αθέρας (athéras) — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Greek: άγανο (ágano) — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Ancient Greek: ἀθήρ (athḗr) — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Hungarian: toklász — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Icelandic: týta — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Ingrian: oas — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Irish: colg — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Italian: arista — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Italian: resta — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Kazakh: қылқан (qylqan) — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Korean: 까끄라기 (kkakkeuragi) — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Kumyk: къылчыкъ (qılçıq) — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Kyrgyz: кылкан (kılkan) — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Latin: arista — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Macedonian: о́сил (ósil) — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Norwegian: snerp — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Persian: دازه (dâze) — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Persian: تزه (taze) — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Polish: ość — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Polish: wąs — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Portuguese: arista — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Russian: ость (ostʹ) — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Salar: qılçıq — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Slovak: osť — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Slovak: ostina — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Slovak: osina — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Slovak: ôstie — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Slovak: fúzy — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Spanish: arista — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Swedish: borst — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Tatar: кылчык (qılçıq) — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Turkish: kılçık — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Ottoman Turkish: سونكو (süngü) — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Turkmen: gylçyk — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Uyghur: قىلتىرىق (qiltiriq) — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Uzbek: qiltanoq — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Uzbek: qil-tiriq — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Uzbek: qiltiq — the bristle or beard of certain plants
• Welsh: col — the bristle or beard of certain plants