aichan

== Scots == === Etymology 1 === Related to English awn and Old Norse ögn. See icker. ==== Alternative forms ==== aichen ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈɛːxən/ ==== Noun ==== aichan (plural aichans) (Orkney) An ear of bere: a stalk of corn. === Etymology 2 === Probably from Scottish Gaelic eachan. ==== Alternative forms ==== achen, aiken ==== Noun ==== aichan (plural aichans) Small bivalve found in sandy bays of the Firth of Clyde. === References === “aichan, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.