يوم

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يوم¹

  • /jawm/

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Inherited from Proto-Semitic *yawm-.

noun يَوْم · yawm · أَيَّام · الْيَوْم

  1. day, period from sunrise to sunset أَذْهَبُ إِلَى ٱلْمَدْرَسَةِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.

    Opposite: لَيْلَة

  2. day, period of twenty-four hours فِي يَوْمٍ مِنَ الْأَيَّامِ
  3. singular, singular only Judgment Day يُوفُونَ بِالنَّذْرِ وَيَخَافُونَ يَوْمًا كَانَ شَرُّهُ مُسْتَطِيرًا
  4. Classical, uncommon (day of) battle أَيَّامُ الْعَرَبِ

يوم²

  • /jaw.ma/

conjunction يَوْمَ · yawma

  1. at the day when كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا

In English

  • day period of 24 hours

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"يوم." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

يوم. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85

Chicago

"يوم." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {يوم},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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