عندما

Arabic

Etymology

عِنْدَ (ʕinda) +‎ مَا (mā)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕin.da.maː/

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