وين

See also: وین

Najdi Arabic

Preposition

وين (wayn)

1. where?

   وينك؟

   Where are you?

   وين بيتك؟

   Where's your house?

   وين رايح؟

   Where are you going?

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North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic وَأَيْنَ (waʔayna, “and where”). Compare Egyptian Arabic فين (fēn), from either فَأَيْنَ (faʔayna, “so where”) or فِي أَيْنَ (fī ʔayna, “in where”).

Adverb

وين • (wēn, wayn)

1. where (relative and interrogative adverb, also figuratively)

   من وين إنت؟

   min wēn ʾinta? (to a male), min wēn ʾinti? (to a female)

   Where are you from?

   عم تقلي روح إحكي معها؟ هي وين وأنا وين؟

   ʿam tʾilli rūḥ ʾiḥki maʿa? hiyyi wēn wʾana wēn?

   You’re telling me I should go talk to her? She’s way out of my league.

   (literally, “You’re telling me to go talk to her? Where is she and where am I?”)