يَوْمٌ day of in Arabic
يَوْمٌ is how you say “day of” in Arabic.
Root ي و م y-w-m. noun (masculine). yawm.
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Meaning of day of in Arabic
- day, from sunrise to sunset also used for the civil/calendar day, or the legal day from true dawn to sunset
- time in general, day or night the older, broader sense of the word — simply 'a time', not necessarily daylight
- an event, occurrence, or day of battle as in the phrase 'excellent is the brother in the event that befalls us'
- a day's journey
Example sentence
فبينا عمر في نفر من المسلمين يتحدثون عن يوم بدر،
While Umar was among a group of Muslims discussing the Day of Badr,
يَوْمِ Day of
yawm means 'day'; heading an 'of…' phrase with the next word; the noun after 'an'.
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How it is used
Yawm can mean either the period of daylight or a full calendar day, depending on whether the context is common, legal, or astronomical usage. It also broadens to mean any notable event, as in ابن يومه ('one who thinks only of today') or أيام العرب ('the days/battles of the Arabs').
Words from the same root
- أَيَّام days; also famous battle-days
- يَوْمِيَّة a day's wages
- مُيَاوَمَة paying or dealing with someone by the day
More example sentences
لا يعودون إلى يوم القيامة
They will not return until the Day of Judgment.
يَوْمِ the Day of
yawm means 'day'; heading an 'of…' phrase with the next word; the noun after 'ila'.
اجعل لكل يوم وقفة محاسبة قصيرة ما الذي زادني قربًا من ربي اليوم، وما الذي زاد الغفلة سمكًا حول قلبي
Make a brief accounting each day: What brought me closer to my Lord today, and what increased the thickness of heedlessness around my heart.
يَوْمٍ day
'yawm' = 'day'; the 'of' word after 'kull', so 'every day'.
اجعل لكل يوم وقفة محاسبة قصيرة ما الذي زادني قربًا من ربي اليوم، وما الذي زاد الغفلة سمكًا حول قلبي
Make a brief accounting each day: What brought me closer to my Lord today, and what increased the thickness of heedlessness around my heart.
اليَوْمَ today
'al-' = 'the'; 'yawm' = 'day'; the '-a' ending gives 'today'.
غذِّ قلبك بذكرٍ يسير موزّع على اليوم، لا دفعةً تُتعب ثم تنقطع
Nourish your heart with a gentle remembrance spread throughout the day, not a burst that tires and then ceases.
اليَوْمِ the day
'al-' = 'the'; 'yawm' = 'day'; takes the 'over...' ending after 'ala'.
فلعب يَوْمًا بالنرد على أَن من قمر صَاحبه شرب المَاء الَّذِي فِي النَّهر كُله أَو افتدي مِنْهُ
One day, he played dice on the condition that whoever lost to his companion would drink all the water in the river or ransom themselves from it.
يَوْمًا one day
'yawm' = 'day'. The '-an' ending means 'one day'.
قَالَ أمهلني يومي هَذَا
He said, 'Give me this day.'
يَوْمِي my day
'yawm' = 'day'; '-i' = 'my', so 'my day'.
وَلَا للمحب قَرَار إِلَّا يَوْم الْمَزِيد
And for the lover, there is no settlement except on the Day of More.
يَوْمُ the Day of
'Day', first term of an 'of' pairing — 'the Day of Increase' — and, as the excepted noun, taking the nominative in line with the subject it is excepted from. It owns the noun that follows.
راهن على نمطٍ يكرّر الخير حتى في الأيام الباهتة
Bet on a pattern that repeats good even in dull days.
الأَيَّامِ days
A broken plural, 'the days,' in the -i form after 'in.' Qualified by 'dull' next: even on the DRAB days the pattern keeps repeating good — its whole advantage over fitful enthusiasm.
أي على رجعه إليه يوم القيامة كما هو قادر على خلقه من ماء هذا شأنه
Meaning, bringing him back to Him on the Day of Resurrection, as He is able to create him from water of this nature.
يَوْمَ The Day
This noun 'day' is in the object-style ending because it works as a time-adverb, 'on the day', telling when the return happens. Arabic puts a time-word in this ending to mark when, where English would use 'on'. It heads the 'of' pair that follows.
الرابع أنه قيد الفعل بالظرف وهو قوله ﴿يَوْمَ تُبْلَى السَّرَائِرُ﴾
The fourth is that He specified the action with a time, which is His saying, 'The Day when secrets will be put to trial.'
يَوْمَ The Day
This noun 'day' is in the object-style ending as a time-adverb, 'on the Day', telling when within the quoted verse. Arabic puts a time-word in this ending to mark when; it opens the clause 'the Day when secrets are tested'.
وهو يوم القيامة أي ان الله قادر على رجعه إليه حيًا في ذلك اليوم
And it is the Day of Resurrection, meaning that God is able to bring him back to Him alive on that day.
يَوْمُ the Day
This noun 'the day' is the front of an 'of' pair, 'the day of resurrection', and the predicate of 'it is the day of...'. It owns the noun after it and drops its own 'the', taking definiteness from the owner that follows.
وهو يوم القيامة أي ان الله قادر على رجعه إليه حيًا في ذلك اليوم
And it is the Day of Resurrection, meaning that God is able to bring him back to Him alive on that day.
اليَوْمِ day
This is the noun 'day' completing 'that day', genitive after the preposition and made definite by 'the'. It is the described noun the demonstrative points to, closing the time phrase.
ابن آدم، إنما أنت أيام، كلما ذهب يوم ذهب بعضك
"Son of Adam, you are but days; whenever a day passes, a part of you goes."
يَوْمٌ a day
This is the subject of the verb 'passes', placed after it as Arabic word order allows. It stands in the subject case shown by its ending, and being without 'the' it means 'a day', any day, fitting the general recurring statement.
قال سمعت القارئ يقرأ ولقد خلقنا السموات والأرض وما بينهما في ستة أيام فظننت الأيام أشهرًا
He said: I heard the reciter reading 'And We created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them in six days,' so I thought the days were months.
أَيَّامٍ days
This is 'days', the noun counted by 'six'. Because 'six days' is built as 'six of days', this word is the owned second term and takes the genitive ending. The verse says days, which is exactly the word the preacher will go on to misread.
قال سمعت القارئ يقرأ ولقد خلقنا السموات والأرض وما بينهما في ستة أيام فظننت الأيام أشهرًا
He said: I heard the reciter reading 'And We created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them in six days,' so I thought the days were months.
الْأَيَّامَ the days
This is 'the days', definite with 'al-', referring back to the days of the verse. It is the first object of 'I supposed' and takes the accusative ending. It is the thing he formed a mistaken judgment about.
قَالَ يَوْمٌ بِيَوْمِ بَدْرٍ،
He said, "A day like the day of Badr."
يَوْمٌ a day
A noun 'a day' with no 'the', so it is left indefinite, 'some day'; it heads the saying as the thing being compared. The bare, non-specific form sets up the 'a day matching a day' balance.
فَجَلَسْتُ عِنْدَ الْبَابِ، فَقُلْتُ لَأَكُونَنَّ بَوَّابَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْيَوْمَ،
So I sat by the door and said, "Let me be the doorkeeper of the Messenger of God today, may God bless him and grant him peace."
الْيَوْمَ today
A time adverb 'today', in the object-style ending that Arabic gives to nouns used as time-markers. It pins the vow to this particular day.
اَلْيَوْمُ يَوْمُ الْمَلْحَمَةِ، اَلْيَوْمَ تُسْتَحَلُّ الْكَعْبَةُ
Today is the day of the great battle; today the Kaaba will be desecrated.
اَلْيَوْمُ the day
A definite noun 'the day' carrying the article 'the', standing as the subject of 'today is the day of...'. Its '-u' ending marks the subject role; this opens a verb-less 'X is Y' statement, with the description still to come.
اَلْيَوْمُ يَوْمُ الْمَلْحَمَةِ، اَلْيَوْمَ تُسْتَحَلُّ الْكَعْبَةُ
Today is the day of the great battle; today the Kaaba will be desecrated.
يَوْمُ day
This noun 'day' is the leading half of the pairing 'the day of the great battle' and serves as the description completing 'today is...'. As the front noun of an 'X of Y' chain it carries no 'the' itself, taking its definiteness from the owner behind it.
فَقَالَ كَذَبَ سَعْدٌ، وَلَكِنْ هَذَا يَوْمٌ يُعَظِّمُ اللَّهُ فِيهِ الْكَعْبَةَ،
He said, "Sa'd lied; but this is a day on which God magnifies the Kaaba."
يَوْمٌ a day
An indefinite noun 'a day' serving as the description in 'this is a day', shown by the '-un' indefinite ending. The relative clause that follows specifies which kind of day; together they reframe the occasion as one of honour.
وَيَوْمٌ تُكْسَى فِيهِ الْكَعْبَةُ
And a day on which the Kaaba is clothed.
وَيَوْمٌ and a day
The wa- here joins this to the previous 'a day', adding a parallel description, and it is fused to the indefinite noun 'a day'. So the wa- links two matching clauses ('a day on which... and a day on which...'), and the noun heads the new relative clause that follows.
جَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ رَفِيقِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ
May God make him my companion on the Day of Resurrection.
يَوْم on the day
This time-noun works as a 'when' adverbial, fixing the moment of the action without any preposition, and it heads an 'X of Y' pair completed by the next word. So it owns 'the Resurrection' and means 'on the day of...'. Arabic regularly drops 'on' here and lets the noun's ending carry it.
بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ جُلُوسٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ، إذْ طَلَعَ عَلَيْنَا رَجُلٌ شَدِيدُ بَيَاضِ الثِّيَابِ،
While we were sitting in the presence of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, one day a man with very white clothes appeared to us.
يَوْمٍ a day
An indefinite noun, 'day', owned by the construct-word 'one (of)' before it, giving the idiom 'one day'. As the owner in that pairing it takes the genitive ending.
Common questions
- How do you say "day" in Arabic?
- يَوْمٌ (yawm).
- Does يوم only mean 'day'?
- No — it can also mean 'time' in general, or an event, such as a day of battle.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).