أنى

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أنى^¹

verb أَنَى · ʔanā · يَأْنِي · إِنًى · آنٍ

to come; to draw near
Similar: آنَ, حَانَ

verb أَنَّى · ʔannā · يُؤَنِّي · تَأْنِيَة · مُؤَنٍّ

to tarry; to delay
Similar: أَنِيَ
to fall short; to flag; to fall behind
to be remiss in respect of the thing

أنى^²

Where it comes from

Compare Hausa ina (/⁠ínā⁠/, “where, how”).

adverb أَنَّى · ʔannā

interrogative how أَنَّى يَكُونُ لِي غُلَامٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِي بَشَرٌ وَلَمْ أَكُ بَغِيًّا
interrogative From where? قَالَ يَا مَرْيَمُ أَنَّى لَكِ هَٰذَا
interrogative when?
conjunction where; wherever
Similar: أَيْنَمَا, حَيْثُمَا
conjunction when, whenever
Similar: أَيَّانَ

In English

whence from where; from which place or source

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {أنى},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A3%D9%86%D9%89},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

أنى