No. 4,540 in Arabic

أتى

"أتى" means "came" or "arrived."

In a sentence

أتى المعلم إلى الفصل صباحًا.
The teacher came to the classroom in the morning.
In this sentence, 'أتى' is used in its primary meaning, 'came,' indicating the action of someone arriving at a particular location.
أتى الصيف هذا العام مبكرًا.
The summer came early this year.
Here, 'أتى' is employed metaphorically to describe the arrival of a season, metaphorically extending 'came' to temporal elements.
لقد أتى دوري للحديث في الاجتماع.
My turn to speak in the meeting has come.
In this example, 'أتى' signifies the arrival of a point in time, specifically a turn in a sequence, reflecting a figurative usage of the word.

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