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Arabic
Etymology
كُلَّ (kulla, “every”) + مَا (mā, “that”).
Pronunciation
Conjunction
كُلَّمَا • (kullamā)
- every time, whenever
- كُلَّمَا أَكَلْتُ التُّفَاحَ مَرِضْتُ. ― kullamā ʔakaltu t-tufāḥa mariḍtu. ― Whenever I eat apples, I get sick.
609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:37:كُلَّمَا دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا زَكَرِيَّا الْمِحْرَابَ وَجَدَ عِنْدَهَا رِزْقًا- kullamā daḵala ʕalayhā zakariyyā l-miḥrāba wajada ʕindahā rizqan
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