عشان

• علشان (ʕalašān)

From Arabic عَلَى (ʕalā) + شَأْن (šaʔn), thus literally “on the issue of”.

• IPA^(key): /ʕaˈʃaːn/

عشان • (ʕašān)

1. for, because of
2. for the sake of

عشان • (ʕašān)

1. because
2. so that, in order to

From Arabic عَلَى (ʕalā) + شَأْن (šaʔn), thus literally “on the issue of”.

• IPA^(key): /ʕa.ʃaːn/

عشان • (ʕašān)

1. for, because of
2. for the sake of

   Synonym: علشان (ʕalašān)

عشان • (ʕašān)

1. because

   Synonym: لإنـ (liʔinn-)

2. so that, in order to

   Synonym: علشان (ʕalašān)

• بما إنه (bima ʔinnu, “since, as”)

From Arabic عَلَى (ʕalā) + شَأْن (šaʔn), thus literally “on the issue of”.

عشان • (ʿašān)

1. because of

   ما فيي آكل خبز عشان مرضي

   Mā fīyī ʾākul ḵibiz ʿašān maraḍī.

   I can’t eat bread because of my sickness.

2. for; for the sake of

   عملتي هيدا كله بس عشاني؟

   ʿMiltī haydā killu bas ʿašānī?

   Have you done all of this just for me?

• (for): كرمال (kirmāl)

عشان • (ʿašān)

1. because

   لازم روح عشان مرتي رجعت عالبيت

   Lāzim rūḥ ʿašān martī rijʿit ʿa-l-bayt.

   I must go because my wife has returned home.

2. so that

   رح كرّر مرّة تانية عشان تفهمو منيح

   Raḥ karrir marra tānyi ʿašān tifhamū mnīḥ.

   I’ll repeat once more so that you understand well.

• (because): لئنو (laʔinnu)

• علشان (ʕalašān)

From Arabic عَلَى (ʕalā) + شَأْن (šaʔn), thus literally “on the issue of”.

• IPA^(key): /ʕa.ʃaːn/, [ʕaˈʃæːn]

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عشان • (ʕašān)

1. for, because of

   Synonym: منشان (minšān, “for, for the sake of”)

عشان • (ʕašān)

1. because (before a past or present verb)

   Synonyms: لأنـ (liʔann-), لإنـ (laʔinn-)

2. so that, in order to (before a subjunctive verb)

   Synonyms: منشان (minšan), لـ (la-), حتّى (ḥatta)

• طالما (ṭāla-ma, “since, as”)
• بما إنه (bi-ma ʔinno, “since, as”)