South Levantine Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic بِمَا أَنَّهُ (bimā ʔannahu).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bi.ma.ʔin.no/, [bi.maˈʔɪn.no]
  • (file)

Conjunction edit

بما إنّه (bi-ma ʔinno)

  1. because, since, as
    Synonym: طالما (ṭāla-ma)

See also edit