وين

Inherited from Proto-West Semitic *wayn-.

• IPA^(key): /wajn/

وَيْن • (wayn) m (collective, singulative وَيْنَة f (wayna))

1. black grape

• → Persian: وین

From Arabic وَأَيْنَ (waʔayna, “and where”). Compare Egyptian Arabic فين (fēn), from either فَأَيْنَ (faʔayna, “so where”) or فِي أَيْنَ (fī ʔayna, “in where”).

IPA^(key): /weːn/

وَێن (wēn)

1. where(relative and interrogative adverb)

وين (wēn)

1. where?

   وينك؟

   Where are you?

   وين بيتك؟

   Where's your house?

   وين رايح؟

   Where are you going?

From Arabic وَأَيْنَ (waʔayna, “and where”). Compare Egyptian Arabic فين (fēn), from either فَأَيْنَ (faʔayna, “so where”) or فِي أَيْنَ (fī ʔayna, “in where”). Compare also Acadian and Cajun French éyoù, yoù (“where”), from et (“and”) +‎ où (“where”).

وين • (wēn, wayn)

1. where (relative and interrogative adverb, also figuratively)

   من وين إنت؟

   min wēn ʾinta? (to a male), min wēn ʾinti? (to a female)

   Where are you from?

   عم تقلي روح إحكي معها؟ هي وين وأنا وين؟

   ʿam tʾilli rūḥ ʾiḥki maʿa? hiyyi wēn wʾana wēn?

   You’re telling me I should go talk to her? She’s way out of my league.

   (literally, “You’re telling me to go talk to her? Where is she and where am I?”)

From Arabic وَأَيْنَ (waʔayna, “and where”). Compare Egyptian Arabic فين (fēn), from either فَأَيْنَ (faʔayna, “so where”) or فِي أَيْنَ (fī ʔayna, “in where”). Compare also Acadian and Cajun French éyoù, yoù (“where”), from et (“and”) +‎ où (“where”).

• IPA^(key): /weːn/, [weːn]

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وين • (wēn)

1. where?

   من وين بتيجي كلمة (أوضة)؟

   min wēn btīji kilmet ʾōḍa?

   Where does the word ʾōḍa come from?

   وينك؟ ليش ما عمّ بتبيّن؟

   wēnak? lēš mā ʕamm bitbayyen

   Where are you? Why haven't you been showing up?

• منين (mnēn, “where from”)