# بين
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

Compare with Hebrew בֵּין (béin), Aramaic 𐡁𐡉𐡍 (byn /⁠bēn⁠/), Ugaritic 𐎁𐎐 (bn), Ge'ez በይነ (bäynä), Old South Arabian 𐩨𐩺𐩬 (byn), 𐩨𐩬 (bn). Synchronically like an adverbial accusative of بَيْن (bayn, “interstice”) from the root ب ي ن (b y n).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baj.na/
* Audio:(file)
** (Hijazi) IPA: /beːn/, [be̞ːn]

#### Preposition

بَيْنَ • (bayna)
* between (“in the position or interval that separates two things”)
    بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ ― baynī wa-bayna-ka ― between me and you

##### Derived terms

* مِنْ بَيْنِ (min bayni)
* بَيْنَمَا (baynamā)
* بَيْنَ بَيْنَ (bayna bayna)
* بَيْنَا (baynā)
* بَيْنَ يَدَيْ (bayna yaday)

##### Descendants

* Maltese: bejn
* → Swahili: baina

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

بَيْن • (bayn) m
* verbal noun of بَانَ (bāna, “to be separated”) (form I) – separation, division
* interval, distance, space (between two things)
* difference
* separation, disunion, discord (obsolete)
** a. 965, اَلْمُتَنَبِّي [al-mutanabbī], “نَرَى عِظَمًا بِالْبَيْنِ وَٱلصَّدُّ أَعْظَمُ [narā ʕiẓaman bi-l-bayni waṣ-ṣaddu ʔaʕẓamu]” (chapter 240), in أَبُو الْبَقَاء الْعُكْبَرِيّ [ʔabū l-baqāʔ al-ʕukbariyy], edited by إِبْرَاهِيم الْأَبْيَارِيّ [ʔibrāhīm al-ʔabyāriyy], مُصْطَفَى السَّقَّا [muṣṭafā s-saqqā], and عَبْد الْحَفِيظ شَلَبِيّ [ʕabd al-ḥafīẓ šalabiyy], ديوان أبي الطيب المتنبي بشرح أبي البقاء العكبري, part 4, Beirut, Lebanon: دَار الْمَعْرِفَة [dār al-maʕrifa], published 1978, →OCLC, page 81, verse 1:نَرَى عِظَمًا بِٱلْبَيْنِ وَٱلصَّدُّ أَعْظَمُ / وَنَتَّهِمُ ٱلْوَاشِينَ وَٱلدَّمْعُ مِنْهُمُnarā ʕiẓaman bi-l-bayni waṣ-ṣaddu ʔaʕẓamu / wanattahimu l-wāšīna wad-damʕu minhumū(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* union (of friends or companions) (obsolete)

##### Derived terms

* فِي الْبَيْنِ (fī l-bayni)

#### Verb

بَيَّنَ • (bayyana) II (non-past يُبَيِّنُ (yubayyinu), verbal noun تَبْيِين (tabyīn))
* to make clear, to explain, to outline, to illustrate, to spell out
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:70: (Abdulhaleem)
    قَالُوا ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّنْ لَنَا مَا هِيَ إِنَّ الْبَقَرَ تَشَابَهَ عَلَيْنَا وَإِنَّا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَمُهْتَدُونَqālū dʕu lanā rabbaka yubayyin lanā mā hiya ʔinna l-baqara tašābaha ʕalaynā waʔinnā ʔin šāʔa l-lahu lamuhtadūnaThey said, ‘Call on your Lord for us, to show us [exactly] what it is: all cows are more or less alike to us. With God’s will, we shall be guided.’
* to separate, to differentiate
* to state, to announce
* to marry off (one's daughter)
* to become clear, to become visible, to be striking
* to blossom, to grow (of a tree or its leaves)

##### Conjugation
#### Adjective

بَيِّن • (bayyin) (feminine بَيِّنَة (bayyina), masculine plural بَيِّنُونَ (bayyinūna) or أَبْيِنَاء (ʔabyināʔ) or أَبْيَان (ʔabyān) or بُيَنَاء (buyanāʔ), feminine plural بَيِّنَات (bayyināt))
* clear, evident, perspicuous
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:15:لَّوْلَا يَأْتُونَ عَلَيْهِم بِسُلْطَانٍ بَيِّنٍ فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرَىٰ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًاWhy do they not produce a clear proof of them? Who then does more wrong than those who fabricate lies against Allah?

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

بِينَ • (bīna) (form I) /biː.na/
* third-person masculine singular past passive of بَانَ (bāna)

### References

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

## Moroccan Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic بَيْنَ (bayna).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bajn/, /biːn/
* Audio:(file)

#### Preposition

بَيْن • (bayn or bīn)
* between (in the position or interval that separates two things)

##### Derived terms

* من بين (men bayn, men bīn)
* بينما (baynemma, bīnemma)
* بين بين (bayn bayn, bīn bīn)

### Etymology 2

From Arabic بَيَّنَ (bayyana).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baj.jan/

#### Verb

بين • (bayyan) II (non-past يبين (ybayyan))
* to make clear, to explain, to outline, to illustrate

##### Conjugation
## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology 1

Picture dictionary :
بين
فوق
تحت
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في
قدام
ورا
على
جنب
بين :
From Arabic بَيْنَ (bayna).

#### Alternative forms

* بينات (bēnāt)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /beːn/, [beːn]
* Audio (Jerusalem):(file)

#### Preposition

بين • (bēn)
* between (in the position or interval that separates two things)
    فيه خلاف بيني وبينك.fīh ḵilāf bēni u-bēnakThere is a disagreement between us.
    حطّه بين الباب والشبّاك.ḥaṭṭo bēn il-bāb w-iš-šubbākI've placed it between the door and the window.

##### Usage notes

* بين (bēn) may be repeated if the second part is a pronoun.

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2

From Arabic بَيَّنَ (bayyana).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baj.jan/, [ˈbaj.jan]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

#### Verb

بيّن • (bayyan) II (present ببيّن (bibayyen))
* to appear, to be visible
    Synonyms: ظهر (ẓahar), بان (bān)
    هادي أوّل مرّة بعرف إنّه البحر ممكن يبيّن من رام الله.hādi ʔawwal marra baʕref ʔinno il-baḥr mumkin ybayyen min rām-allahThis is the first time I know that the sea could be seen from Ramallah.
    ليش ما عمّ بتبيّن؟lēš mā ʕamm bitbayyenWhy don't we see you anymore?(literally, “Why aren't you being visible?”)
    ما بحبّ أبيّن.mā baḥebb abayyenI don't like to be conspicuous.(literally, “I don't like to be visible.”)