# Jayhoun

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. The Amu Darya river.

## Etymology
From Arabic جَيْحُون (jayḥūn, “Amu Darya; Gihon”) and جِيحُون (jīḥūn, “(same)”), from Biblical Hebrew גִּיחוֹן (Giḥôn). Doublet of Gihon.

## Source
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