عندما

Arabic

Etymology

عِنْدَ‎ (ʿinda) +‎ مَا‎ (mā)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʕin.da.maː/

Conjunction

عِنْدَمَا • (ʿindamā)

  1. when, while
    ‏عِنْدَمَا كَانَ جَالِسًا بِالْقُرْبِ مِنْ زَوْجَتِهِ... صَرَخَتْ فِي وَجْهِ قَائِلَةً: اِبْتَعِدْ عَنِّي!‎‎ ― ʿindamā kāna jālisan bi-l-qurbi min zawjatihi... ṣaraḵat fī wajhi qāʾilatan: ibtaʿid ʿannī! ― When he was sitting next to his wife... she yelled into his face, saying: Go away from me!
  2. as, as long as
  3. as soon as

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