بينما

بَيْنَ‎ (bayna) +‎ مَا‎ (mā).

• IPA^(key): /baj.na.maː/

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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

From Arabic بَيْنَمَا‎ (baynamā).

• IPA^(key): /biː.nɪm.ma/

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بينما • (bīnemma)

1. while

From Arabic بَيْنَمَا‎ (baynamā).

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

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بينما • (beyna-ma)

1. while, as long as

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

• لمّا‎ (lamma, “when; as soon as”)