How to pronounce Zeina?

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'ZEI'- rhymes with 'say' or 'pay'.
'NA'- rhymes with 'ba' in 'ba ba black sheep'.

First name

Arabic

Female

Zaina/ Zainah

It originates from the arabic word 'zeenat' pronounced ZEE-nut (with a soft t that has no equivalent in english). Zeenat means beauty or decoration.

Zaina also comes from the word 'zain' which means 'good' or 'fine'. Zain/Zein is the masculine form of Zaina/Zainah/Zeina.

In india, the ZAI is pronounced like the 'ea' in bear instead of the 'ay' in say, making it sound softer.