أينما

Arabic

Adverb

أَيْنَمَا • (ʔaynamā)

1. (conditional) wherever

   أَيْنَمَا يَجِدِ الطَّالِبُ أُسْتَاذَهُ، يُسَلِّمْ عَلَيْهِ

   ʔaynamā yajidi ṭ-ṭālibu ʔustāḏahu, yusallim ʕalayhi

   Wherever the student meets his teacher, he greets him.

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:78:

     أَيۡنَمَا تَكُونُوا۟ يُدۡرِككُّمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتُ وَلَوۡ كُنتُمۡ فِي بُرُوجࣲ مُّشَيَّدَةࣲ

     ʔaynamā takūnū yudrikkumu l-mawtu wa-law kuntum fī burūjin mušayyadatin

     Wherever you may be, death will overtake you, even if you should be within towers of lofty construction.

Synonyms

• حَيْثُمَا (ḥayṯumā)
• أَنَّى (ʔannā)