أين

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

  • IPA(key): /ʔaj.na/
  • IPA(key): /ʔajn/

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. (interrogative, + من) what does X have to do (with Y); what relation is there (usually implying there is none); how far or different is X (from Y)
    أَيْنَ هٰذَا مِن ذَاكَ؟ ― ʔayna hāḏā min ḏāka? ― What does this have to do with that? / What comparison is there between them?!
    أَيْنَ الثَّرَى مِنَ الثُّرَيَّا! ― ʔayna ṯ-ṯarā mina ṯ-ṯurayyā! ― How far is the soil from the Pleiades! (a saying or pun)
  4. (nonstandard, rare) Synonym of حَيْثُ (ḥayṯu)
    • 2014 November 24, “ar: الايدز: لقاحات جديدة لتفعيل الاستجابة المناعية”, in Euronews Arabic‎:
      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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Derived terms

References

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

  1. to ionize
Conjugation
Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔaj.ja.na/

Noun

أَيْن • (ʔayn) m

  1. verbal noun of آنَ (ʔāna) (form I)
  2. weariness, fatigue
Declension
Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔajn/
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