بين
Root: بان
3 entries for this word
Hans Wehr Definitions
Entry 1
بين bain separation, division; interval; difference│ذات البين enmity, disunion, discord; فى البين meantime, meanwhile
Entry 2
بين baina (prep.) or فيما بين fī-ma b. between; among, amidst│بين – و – either -- or, partly -- partly, e.g., كان القوم بين صامت ومتكلم (ṣāmitin wa-mutakallimin) the crowd was divided among those who were silent and those who talked; بين يديه (yadaihi) in front of him, before him, in his presence; with him. on him, in his possession, e.g., لا سلاح بين يديه (silāḥa) he hasn’t got a weapon on him, he is unarmed; فيما بين ذلك meanwhile, in the meantime; فيما بينى وبين نفسى in my heart, at heart, inwardly; بين ذراعيه in his arms; من بينهم min bainihim from among them, from their midst; بين بين something between, a cross, a mixture, a combination; neither good nor bad, medium, tolerable; شيء بين بين something between, a cross, a mixture, a combination; بين وقت وآخر (waqt, āḳar), بين فترة وأخرى (fatra, uḳrā) at times, from time to time
Entry 3
بين bayyin clear, plain, evident, obvious, patent; (pl. ابنياء abyinā’2) eloquent
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