حيث

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See also: حيت, جيب, جیب, جئت, and جیت

Arabic

Pronunciation

Conjunction

حَيْثُ • (ḥayṯu)

  1. where (relative)
  2. wherever; at any place
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:58:
      وَإِذْ قُلْنَا ٱدْخُلُوا هَٰذِهِ ٱلْقَرْيَةَ فَكُلُوا مِنْهَا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمْ رَغَدًا وَٱدْخُلُوا ٱلْبَابَ سُجَّدًا وَقُولُوا حِطَّةٌ نَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ خَطَايَاكُمْ وَسَنَزِيدُ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
      waʔiḏ qulnā dḵulū hāḏihi l-qaryata fakulū minhā ḥayṯu šiʔtum raḡadan wadḵulū l-bāba sujjadan waqūlū ḥiṭṭatun naḡfir lakum ḵaṭāyākum wasanazīdu l-muḥsinīna
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  3. since, whereas, due to the fact that
  4. because

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Moroccan Arabic: حيت (ḥīt)

References

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