مين

See also: مین and میں

Arabic

Etymology 1

From English Maine.

Proper noun

مَيْن • (mayn) ?

1. Maine (a state of the United States; probably named for the province in France)

Etymology 2

Noun

مِيَن • (miyan) f pl

1. plural of مِينَاء (mīnāʔ)
2. plural of مِينَة (mīna)

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مَنْ (man).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːn/, [ˈmiːn]

Pronoun

مين • (mīn)

1. (interrogative) who?

See also

• اللي (illi, “that which”, relative pronoun)
• ايه (ē, “what”)

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic مَنْ (man). Compare also Ugaritic 𐎎𐎊 (my), Biblical Hebrew מִי (mi), Phoenician 𐤌𐤉 (my) and El-Amarna Akkadian 𒈪𒅀 (mīya, “who”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːn/

Adverb

مين • (mīn)

1. who?

See also

• مِن (min, “from”)

Etymology 2

From English Maine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meːn/, [me̞ːn]

Proper noun

مين • (mēn) f

1. Maine (a state of the United States; probably named for the province in France)

Malay

Noun

مين (plural مين-مين or مين٢)

1. (mathematics) mean

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Compare Ugaritic 𐎎𐎊 (my), Biblical Hebrew מִי (mi), Phoenician 𐤌𐤉 (my) and El-Amarna Akkadian 𒈪𒅀 (mīya, “who”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːn/

Pronoun

مين • (mīn)

1. (interrogative) who?
2. (relative) who

   Coordinate term: شُو (šū, “what”)

   ذكّرني مين جايي معك بدّي حضّر

   zakkirni mīn jāyi maʕak baddi ḥaḍḍir

   Remind me who’s coming with you, I need to prepare

3. (relative) someone to; someone who

   Near-synonym: حَدَا (ḥada, “someone”)

   محسوبتك ختيارة بدها مين تعكّز عليه

   maḥsūbtak ḵityāra badda mīn tʕakkiz ʕlē

   Yours truly is an old lady, she needs somebody to lean on

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مَن (man). Compare also Ugaritic 𐎎𐎊 (my), Biblical Hebrew מִי (mi), Phoenician 𐤌𐤉 (my) and El-Amarna Akkadian 𒈪𒅀 (mīya, “who”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːn/, [miːn]

• Audio (Birzeit):

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Pronoun

مين • (mīn)

1. who?