كلما

Arabic

Etymology

كُلَّ (kulla, every) + مَا (, that).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kul.la.maː/
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Conjunction

كُلَّمَا (kullamā)

  1. every time, whenever
    كُلَّمَا أَكَلْتُ التُّفَاحَ مَرِضْتُ.kullamā ʔakaltu t-tufāḥa mariḍtu.Whenever I eat apples, I get sick.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:37:
      كُلَّمَا دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا زَكَرِيَّا الْمِحْرَابَ وَجَدَ عِنْدَهَا رِزْقًا
      kullamā daḵala ʕalayhā zakariyyā l-miḥrāba wajada ʕindahā rizqan
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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