كلما

Arabic

Etymology

كُلَّ‎ (kulla, “every”) +‎ مَا‎ (mā, “that”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kul.la.maː/
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Conjunction

كُلَّمَا • (kullamā)

  1. every time, whenever
    ‏كُلَّمَا أَكَلْتُ التُّفَاحَ مَرِضْتُ.‎‎ ― kullamā ʾakaltu t-tufāḥa mariḍtu. ― Whenever I eat apples, I get sick.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:37:
      ‏كُلَّمَا دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا زَكَرِيَّا الْمِحْرَابَ وَجَدَ عِنْدَهَا رِزْقًا‎
      kullamā daḵala ʿalayhā zakariyyā l-miḥrāba wajada ʿindahā rizqan
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