عشان
North Levantine Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic عَلَى (ʕalā) + شَأْن (šaʔn), thus literally “on the issue of”.
Preposition
عشان • (ʿašān)
- because of
- ما فيي آكل خبز عشان مرضي
- Mā fīyī ʾākul ḵibiz ʿašān maraḍī.
- I can’t eat bread because of my sickness.
- for; for the sake of
- عملتي هيدا كله بس عشاني؟
- ʿMiltī haydā killu bas ʿašānī?
- Have you done all of this just for me?
Synonyms
- (for): كرمال (kirmāl)
Conjunction
عشان • (ʿašān)
- because
- لازم روح عشان مرتي رجعت عالبيت
- Lāzim rūḥ ʿašān martī rijʿit ʿa-l-bayt.
- I must go because my wife has returned home.
- so that
- رح كرر مره تانيه عشان تفهمو منيح
- Raḥ karrir marra tānyi ʿašān tifhamū mnīḥ.
- I’ll repeat once more so that you understand well.
Synonyms
- (because): لئنو (laʾinnu)