مين

See also: مین and میں

Arabic

Etymology 1

From English Maine.

Proper noun

مَيْن • (mayn) ?

1. Maine (a state of the United States; probably named for the province in France)

Etymology 2

Noun

مِيَن • (miyan) f pl

1. plural of مِينَاء (mīnāʔ)
2. plural of مِينَة (mīna)

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مَنْ (man).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːn/, [ˈmiːn]

Pronoun

مين • (mīn)

1. (interrogative) who?

See also

• اللي (illi, “that which”, relative pronoun)
• ايه (ē, “what”)

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic مَنْ (man). Compare also Ugaritic 𐎎𐎊 (my), Biblical Hebrew מִי (mi), Phoenician 𐤌𐤉 (my) and El-Amarna Akkadian 𒈪𒅀 (mīya, “who”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːn/

Adverb

مين • (mīn)

1. who?

See also

• مِن (min, “from”)

Etymology 2

From English Maine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meːn/, [me̞ːn]

Proper noun

مين • (mēn) f

1. Maine (a state of the United States; probably named for the province in France)

Malay

Etymology

From English mean.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min/

Noun

مين (plural مين-مين or مين٢)

1. (mathematics) mean

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Compare Ugaritic 𐎎𐎊 (my), Biblical Hebrew מִי (mi), Phoenician 𐤌𐤉 (my) and El-Amarna Akkadian 𒈪𒅀 (mīya, “who”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːn/

Pronoun

مين • (mīn)

1. who?

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مَن (man). Compare also Ugaritic 𐎎𐎊 (my), Biblical Hebrew מִי (mi), Phoenician 𐤌𐤉 (my) and El-Amarna Akkadian 𒈪𒅀 (mīya, “who”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːn/, [miːn]

• Audio (Birzeit):

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Pronoun

مين • (mīn)

1. who?