Akhyan (אחיין) means nephew in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
nephew
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Akhyan.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1הבן של האח או האחות.
The word Akhyan is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- אַחְיָן
- Written without vowel points
- אחיין
- Said
- akhyan
- Root
- א־ח־י
- Pattern
- קַטְלָן
- Plural
- אַחְיָנִים
- Feminine form
- אַחְיָנִית
- Inflections
- אַחְיַן־; נ' אַחְיָנִית; ר' אַחְיָנִים, אַחְיָנֵי־; נ"ר אַחְיָנִיּוֹת
- Gematria
- 79
This is how Akhyan is said in other languages.
- English
- nephew
- Spanish
- sobrino, sobrina
These words mean nearly the same as Akhyan.
- בן אח
- נכדןgrandnephew
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words mean the opposite of Akhyan.
- דוד
- דודהaunt
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Akhyan.
The word Akhyan comes from the root א־ח־י, like these words.
These words come before and after Akhyan in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Akhyan.
What does Akhyan (אחיין) mean in Hebrew?
Akhyan (אחיין) means nephew. It is said akhyan, with the stress on yan.
What is a synonym for Akhyan (אחיין)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Akhyan (אחיין) are בן אח and נכדן.
What is the opposite of Akhyan (אחיין)?
Words that mean the opposite of Akhyan (אחיין) are דוד and דודה.
What rhymes with Akhyan (אחיין)?
Words that rhyme with Akhyan (אחיין) include זמן, חמצן, מימן, לבן, עניין, and פחמן.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry אחין of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.