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أَوان
the right time /ʔaˈwaːn/
nounA2#1335 most common
Also: time, season, moment
Example sentences
هٰذا أَوانُ النَّومِ.
This is the time for sleep.
جاءَ أَوانُ الحَصادِ.
Harvest time has come.
لِكُلِّ شَيءٍ أَوانٌ.
There is a right time for everything.
خَشيتُ أن يَفوتَ الأَوانُ قبلَ أن أُنهيَ عَمَلي.
I feared the time would run out before I finished my work.
في الآوِنةِ الأخيرةِ ازدادَ اهتمامُ النّاسِ بالبيئةِ.
In recent times, people's interest in the environment has grown.
قَطَفَ الفلّاحُ الثِّمارَ في غَيرِ أَوانِها فجاءَتْ فِجّةً لا طَعمَ لها.
The farmer picked the fruit out of its season, so it came unripe and tasteless.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَوانٌ | آوِنةٌ |
| Genitive | أَوانٍ | آوِنةٍ |
| Accusative | أَواناً | آوِنةً |
| Vocative | يا أَوانُ | يا آوِنةُ |
Word family
Etymology
أَوان comes from an Arabic weak root tied to the idea of a due moment or season. It is linked to آن, a point in time, and to الآن, the word for now. The plural آوِنة survives in the common phrase في الآونة الأخيرة, meaning in recent times.
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