حين

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See also: چین, خين, جئن, جین, and خین

Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Morphologically from the root ح ي ن (ḥ-y-n).

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

حِين (ḥīnm (plural أَحْيَان (ʔaḥyān) or أَحَايِين (ʔaḥāyīn))

  1. time, moment
  2. opportunity
Declension[edit]

Pronunciation 2[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

حِينَ (ḥīna)

  1. when

Preposition[edit]

حِينَ (ḥīna)

  1. at the time of, upon

Pronunciation 3[edit]

Noun[edit]

حَيْن (ḥaynm

  1. verbal noun of حَانَ (ḥāna) (form I)
Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Maltese: ħin
  • Gulf Arabic: الحين (elḥīn, ilḥīn)

References[edit]

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