Eyeball

/ˈaɪbɔːl/ noun

The round part of your eye that sits in your eye socket and lets you see the world.

Compound of 'eye' (Old English 'eage') and 'ball' (describing its round shape). This word emerged in the 1500s as people needed a specific term for the spherical organ itself.

AMአይን (ayn)
ARعين (ayn)
BNচোখ (chokh)
CAull
CSoko
DAøje
DEAuge
ELμάτι (mati)
ESojo
FAچشم (cheshm)
FIsilmä
FRœil
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