عندما

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Arabic

Etymology

عِنْدَ (ʕinda) +‎ مَا (mā)

Pronunciation

Conjunction

عِنْدَمَا • (ʕindamā)

  1. when, while
    عِنْدَمَا كَانَ جَالِسًا بِالْقُرْبِ مِنْ زَوْجَتِهِ... صَرَخَتْ فِي وَجْهِ قَائِلَةً: اِبْتَعِدْ عَنِّي!
    ʕindamā kāna jālisan bi-l-qurbi min zawjatihi... ṣaraḵat fī wajhi qāʔilatan: ibtaʕid ʕannī!
    When he was sitting next to his wife... she yelled into his face, saying: Go away from me!
  2. as, as long as
  3. as soon as

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “عند”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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