أين

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See also: اين and این

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ء ي ن (ʔ-y-n), meaning “to come or approach”, “to become or happen”, “to draw near to a place or time”; related to ء ي ي (ʔ-y-y) and آن (ʔān).

Pronunciation

Adverb

أَيْنَ (ʔayna)

  1. (interrogative) where, at which place, whence
    أَيْنَ أَنْتَ؟ʔayna ʔanta?Where are you?
    إِلَى أَيْنَ أَنْتَ ذَاهِبٌ؟ʔilā ʔayna ʔanta ḏāhibun?(To) where are you going?
    مِنْ أَيْنَ لَكَ هَٰذَا؟min ʔayna laka hāḏā?From where did you get that?
  2. (conditional) wherever
  3. (nonstandard, rare) Synonym of حَيْثُ (ḥayṯu)
    • 2014 November 24, “الايدز: لقاحات جديدة لتفعيل الاستجابة المناعية”, in Euronews Arabic[1]:
      الحملات العامة تجلب الناس المحاذين للخطر إلى مراكز مثل مركز المراقبة بي.سي.أن ، أين[sic] يمكنهم إجراء إختبار[sic] على فيروس فقدان المناعة بطريقة سريعة ومجهولة
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References

Etymology 2

Causative based on the root ء ي ن (ʔ-y-n) extracted from أَيُون (ʔayūn, ion).

Pronunciation

Verb

أَيَّنَ (ʔayyana) II, non-past يُؤَيِّنُ‎ (yuʔayyinu)

  1. to ionize
Conjugation

Noun

أَيْن (ʔaynm

  1. verbal noun of آنَ (ʔāna) (form I)
  2. weariness, fatigue

Declension