See also: چین, خين, جئن, جین, and خین

Arabic

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Etymology

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Morphologically from the root ح ي ن (ḥ-y-n).

Pronunciation 1

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Noun

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حِين (ḥīnm (plural أَحْيَان (ʔaḥyān) or أَحَايِين (ʔaḥāyīn))

  1. time, moment
  2. opportunity
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Pronunciation 2

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Conjunction

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حِينَ (ḥīna)

  1. when

Preposition

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حِينَ (ḥīna)

  1. at the time of, upon

Pronunciation 3

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Noun

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حَيْن (ḥaynm

  1. verbal noun of حَانَ (ḥāna) (form I)
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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Maltese: ħin
  • Gulf Arabic: الحين (elḥīn, ilḥīn)

References

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