{"def":{"short":"properly, heed; by implication, purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause","long":["(conj) because, therefore, because that, on account of","(prep) because of, on account of","why (with interrogative pron)"]},"deriv":"from an unused root meaning to pay attention","pronun":{"ipa":"jɑˈʕɑn̪","ipa_mod":"jɑˈʕɑn","sbl":"yaʿan","dic":"ya-AN","dic_mod":"ya-AN"}}