إذا

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إذا^¹

/ʔi.ðaː/

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Equivalent to a univerbation of إِن (ʔin, “if, introduces protasis”) + ذَا (ḏā, “this, demonstrative pronoun”). A retroactively added protasis may be instead understood by the hearer as a new main clause, therefore “when” became “then”. Like in Latin—well-known—relative pronouns are used as proximal demonstrative pronouns indistinctly: quod erat demonstrandum.

Compare to Hebrew אָז (ʾāz, “so, therefore, then”), Hebrew אַזַי, Aramaic אֱדַיִן (ʾĕḏáyin, “then, at that time”), which may in lack of attestations of conjunctional use instead parallel هَٰذَا (hāḏā) however.

conjunction إِذَا · ʔiḏā

when, when it is that; as soon as; if إِذَا جِئْتَ فَاتَّصِلْ بِي
Similar: إِذ, لَمَّا, حِينَ
as of a sudden or concurrent action (with فَ (fa, “then”)) and then, and; thereupon, whereupon; when behold, then behold خَرَجْتُ فَإِذَا الْمَطَرُ يَنْهَمِرُ

إذا^²

/ʔi.ðan/

adverb إِذًا · ʔiḏan · إِذَنْ

then, therefore

In English

so interjection used to introduce a new topic
whether introducing indirect questions
then in that case
if supposing that
thus as a result

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {إذا},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A5%D8%B0%D8%A7},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

إذا