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Arabic
Etymology
بَيْنَ (bayna) + مَا (mā).
Pronunciation
Conjunction
بَيْنَمَا • (baynamā)
- while
- Synonym: بَيْنَا (baynā)
بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ جُلُوسٌ إِذْ طَلَعَ عَلَيْنَا رَجُلٌ- baynamā naḥnu julūsun ʔiḏ ṭalaʕa ʕalaynā rajulun
- While we were sitting, a man appeared to us
- (sometimes proscribed) whereas
- Synonym: فِي حِينِ (fī ḥīni)
أَحْسَنَ إِلَيْكَ سَعْدٌ بَيْنَمَا أَنْتَ أَسَأْتَ إِلَيْهِ- ʔaḥsana ʔilayka saʕdun baynamā ʔanta ʔasaʔta ʔilayhi
- Saad treated you well, whereas you treated him badly
Moroccan Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic بَيْنَمَا (baynamā).
Pronunciation
Conjunction
بينما • (bīnemma)
- while
South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic بَيْنَمَا (baynamā).
Pronunciation
Conjunction
بينما • (beyna-ma)
- while, as long as
- Synonyms: طالما (ṭāla-ma), مادام (mā-dām)
See also
- لمّا (lamma, “when; as soon as”)