وين

See also: وین

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic وَأَيْنَ (waʾayna, and where). Compare Egyptian Arabic فين (fēn), from either فَأَيْنَ (faʾayna, so where) or فِي أَيْنَ (fī ʾayna, in where).

Adverb

وين (wēn, wayn)

  1. where?
    من وين إنت؟
    min wēn inta? (to a male), min wēn inti? (to a female)
    Where are you from?
  2. used in a reduplicated question to express that something is impossible or incompatible
    يعني قصدك إني لازم روح إحكي معا؟ هي وين وانا وين؟
    yaʿni ʾaṣdak ʾinni lāzim rūḥ ʾiḥki maʿa? hiyi wēn wana wēn?
    So you’re saying I should go and talk to her? She’s way out of my league.
    (literally, “So you’re saying I should go and talk to her? Where is she and where am I?”)
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