بين

See also: بین, تین, پين, and ب ي ن

Arabic

Etymology 1

Compare with Hebrew בֵּין (béin),‎ Aramaic 𐡁𐡉𐡍 (bēn), Ugaritic 𐎁𐎐 (bn), Ge'ez በይነ (bäynä), Old South Arabian 𐩨𐩺𐩬,‎ 𐩨𐩬.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baj.na/
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Preposition

بَيْنَ (bayna)

  1. between (in the position or interval that separates two things)
    بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَbaynī wa-bayna-kabetween me and you
Inflection
Derived terms
  • مِنْ بَيْنِ (min bayni)
  • بَيْنَمَا (baynamā)
  • بَيْنَ بَيْنَ (bayna bayna)
  • بَيْنَا (baynā)
  • بَيْنَ يَدَيْ (bayna yaday)

Etymology 2

From the root ب ي ن (b-y-n).

Noun

بَيْن (bayn) m

  1. verbal noun of بَانَ (bāna, to be separated) (form I)separation, division
  2. interval
  3. difference
Declension
Derived terms
  • فِي الْبَيْنِ (fī l-bayni)

Verb

بَيَّنَ (bayyana) II, non-past يُبَيِّنُ‎ (yubayyinu)

  1. to make clear, to explain, to outline, to illustrate, to spell out
Conjugation

Adjective

بَيِّن (bayyin) (masculine plural أَبْيِنَاء (ʾabyināʾ))

  1. clear, evident, perspicuous
Declension

Etymology 3

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

بِينَ (bīna) (form I)

  1. third-person masculine singular past passive of بَانَ (bāna)

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), بان (بين)”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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