استعان

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع و ن (ʿ-w-n).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /is.ta.ʕaː.na/

Verb

اِسْتَعَانَ (istaʿāna) X, non-past يَسْتَعِينُ‎ (yastaʿīnu)

  1. to ask or to call for help
    • إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ ‌وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ
      ʾiyyāka naʿbudu -waʾiyyāka nastaʿīnu
      You (alone) we worship, and You (alone) we ask for help (Qur'an)

Conjugation

References

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