"علشان" meaning in Egyptian Arabic

See علشان in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /ʕalaʃaːn/ Forms: ʕašān [romanization]
Etymology: From Arabic عَلَى (ʕalā) + شَأْن (šaʔn), thus literally “on the issue of”. Etymology templates: {{der|arz|ar|عَلَى}} Arabic عَلَى (ʕalā) Head templates: {{head|arz|conjunction|tr=ʕašān}} علشان • (ʕašān)
  1. because
    Sense id: en-علشان-arz-conj-pRGu7rih
  2. so that, in order to
    Sense id: en-علشان-arz-conj-N4PYnW6L Categories (other): South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header, South Levantine Arabic prepositions Disambiguation of South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 0 28 21 1 0 28 21 Disambiguation of South Levantine Arabic prepositions: 2 29 20 2 2 27 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: عشان (ʕalašān)

Preposition

IPA: /ʕalaʃaːn/ Forms: ʕašān [romanization]
Etymology: From Arabic عَلَى (ʕalā) + شَأْن (šaʔn), thus literally “on the issue of”. Etymology templates: {{der|arz|ar|عَلَى}} Arabic عَلَى (ʕalā) Head templates: {{arz-prep|tr=ʕašān}} علشان • (ʕašān)
  1. for, because of
    Sense id: en-علشان-arz-prep-OgntyjSy Categories (other): South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header, South Levantine Arabic prepositions Disambiguation of South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 0 28 21 1 0 28 21 Disambiguation of South Levantine Arabic prepositions: 2 29 20 2 2 27 20
  2. for the sake of
    Sense id: en-علشان-arz-prep-vzfNqXo7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: عشان (ʕalašān)

Download JSON data for علشان meaning in Egyptian Arabic (2.5kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Egyptian Arabic dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-04 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (e9e0a99 and db5a844). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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