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English

 
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Noun

vani (uncountable)

  1. A custom in parts of Pakistan where girls, often minors, are given in marriage or servitude to an aggrieved family as compensation for a dispute, often over murder.
    Synonym: swara

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

vani

  1. only used in em vani, first-person singular present subjunctive of vanar-se
  2. only used in es vani, third-person singular present subjunctive of vanar-se
  3. only used in vani's, third-person singular imperative of vanar-se

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vani (a custom, a habit).

Pronunciation

Noun

vani m (genitive singular vana, nominative plural vanar)

  1. a habit, a custom
    Synonym: venja

Derived terms

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈva.ni/
  • Rhymes: -ani
  • Hyphenation: và‧ni

Etymology 1

Adjective

vani

  1. masculine plural of vano

Noun

vani m

  1. plural of vano

Etymology 2

Verb

vani

  1. inflection of vanare:
    1. second-person singular present indicative/present subjunctive
    2. first-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular present subjunctive/imperative

Anagrams

Lala (New Guinea)

Numeral

vani

  1. four

Further reading

  • Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

vānī

  1. inflection of vānus:
    1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
    2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vъnъ, *vъně (Russian вне (vne), Old Polish wen).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋǎni/
  • Hyphenation: va‧ni

Adverb

vàni (Cyrillic spelling ва̀ни)

  1. outside, outdoors, out Template:+obj/old
    Petar je vani, ako njega tražiš.Petar is outside, if you are looking for him.
    Toplije je vani nego unutra!It is warmer outside than inside!
  2. abroad, overseas
    Kad su se preselili nazad u Bosnu, pričali su nam kakav je život vani.When they moved back to Bosnia, they told us what life is like abroad.

Antonyms

See also

References

  • vani” in Hrvatski jezični portal