"علشان" meaning in South Levantine Arabic

See علشان in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

Forms: ʕalašān [romanization], عشان [alternative]
Etymology: From Arabic عَلَى (ʕalā) + شَأْن (šaʔn), literally “on the issue of”. Etymology templates: {{der|ajp|ar|عَلَى}} Arabic عَلَى (ʕalā) Head templates: {{ajp-conjunction|tr=ʕalašān}} علشان • (ʕalašān)
  1. because Synonyms: لأنـ, لإنـ
    Sense id: en-علشان-ajp-conj-pRGu7rih
  2. so that, in order to
    Sense id: en-علشان-ajp-conj-N4PYnW6L Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header, South Levantine Arabic prepositions Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 0 28 0 45 0 28 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 28 0 45 0 28 0 Disambiguation of South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 0 33 0 34 0 33 0 Disambiguation of South Levantine Arabic prepositions: 5 31 2 28 5 27 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: طالما (ṭāla-ma) (english: since, as)

Preposition

Forms: ʕalašān [romanization], عشان [alternative]
Etymology: From Arabic عَلَى (ʕalā) + شَأْن (šaʔn), literally “on the issue of”. Etymology templates: {{der|ajp|ar|عَلَى}} Arabic عَلَى (ʕalā) Head templates: {{ajp-prep|tr=ʕalašān}} علشان • (ʕalašān)
  1. for, because of Synonyms: منشان
    Sense id: en-علشان-ajp-prep-OgntyjSy
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    }
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  "pos": "prep",
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        "for, because of"
      ],
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        [
          "for",
          "for"
        ],
        [
          "because of",
          "because of"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "منشان"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "علشان"
}

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  "etymology_text": "From Arabic عَلَى (ʕalā) + شَأْن (šaʔn), literally “on the issue of”.",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "roman": "ṭāla-ma",
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        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "لأنـ"
        },
        {
          "word": "لإنـ"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "0 33 0 34 0 33 0",
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          "parents": [
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        "so that, in order to"
      ],
      "id": "en-علشان-ajp-conj-N4PYnW6L",
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        [
          "so that",
          "so that"
        ],
        [
          "in order to",
          "in order to"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "علشان"
}
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic عَلَى (ʕalā) + شَأْن (šaʔn), literally “on the issue of”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ʕalašān",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عشان",
      "roman": "ʕašān",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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  "pos": "prep",
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        "for, because of"
      ],
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        [
          "for",
          "for"
        ],
        [
          "because of",
          "because of"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "منشان"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "roman": "ṭāla-ma",
      "word": "طالما"
    }
  ],
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        "because"
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        [
          "because",
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "لأنـ"
        },
        {
          "word": "لإنـ"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "so that, in order to"
      ],
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          "so that",
          "so that"
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          "in order to"
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  ],
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