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أَيَّانَ • (ʔayyāna)
- (interrogative) when?
609–632 CE, Qur'an, 75:6:أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ- ʔayyāna yawmu l-qiyāmati
- When is the Day of Resurrection?
- (conditional) whenever
أَيَّانَ تَشْعُرْ بِالأَلَمِ، تَذْهَبْ إِلَى الطَّبِيبِ.- ʔayyāna tašʕur bi-l-ʔalami, taḏhab ʔilā ṭ-ṭabībi.
- Whenever you feel pain, you should visit the doctor.