aiken

See also: Aiken

Japanese

Romanization

aiken

1. Rōmaji transcription of あいけん

Scots

Etymology 1

From Middle English aken, from Old English ǣcen, from Proto-West Germanic *aikīn; equivalent to aik +‎ -en.

Adjective

aiken (not comparable)

1. (obsolete, poetic) oaken

References

• “aiken, adj.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Etymology 2

Noun

aiken (plural aikens)

1. Alternative form of aichan (“bivalve”)

References

• “aiken, n.²” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.