Gulf Arabic

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Root
ع م ي
2 terms

Etymology

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Perhaps from constructing *عميان 'in a state of blindness' by analogy with words such as عطشان (ʕaṭšān) and حلمان (ḥalmān), plus the suffix ـي (-i).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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عِمْياني (ʕimyāni)

  1. (figurative) blindly