بينما

Arabic

Etymology

بَيْنَ (bayna) +‎ مَا (mā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baj.na.maː/

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Conjunction

بَيْنَمَا • (baynamā)

1. while

   Synonym: بَيْنَا (baynā)

   بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ جُلُوسٌ إِذْ طَلَعَ عَلَيْنَا رَجُلٌ

   baynamā naḥnu julūsun ʔiḏ ṭalaʕa ʕalaynā rajulun

   While we were sitting, a man appeared to us

2. (sometimes proscribed) whereas

   Synonym: فِي حِينِ (fī ḥīni)

   أَحْسَنَ إِلَيْكَ سَعْدٌ بَيْنَمَا أَنْتَ أَسَأْتَ إِلَيْهِ

   ʔaḥsana ʔilayka saʕdun baynamā ʔanta ʔasaʔta ʔilayhi

   Saad treated you well, whereas you treated him badly

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بَيْنَمَا (baynamā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biː.nɪm.ma/

• Audio:

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Conjunction

بينما • (bīnemma)

1. while

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بَيْنَمَا (baynamā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bej.na.ma/, [ˈbej.na.ma]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

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Conjunction

بينما • (beyna-ma)

1. while, as long as

   Synonyms: طالما (ṭāla-ma), مادام (mā-dām)

See also

• لمّا (lamma, “when; as soon as”)