yani

yani

1. Rōmaji transcription of やに

Ultimately from Arabic يَعْنِي (yaʕnī, “[he/she/it] means”).

yani

1. (transitive) [he/she/it] means

yani

1. (adverbial, conjunctive, prepositional, or adjectival) in other words, actually, namely, to wit, kind of, somewhat, id est, that is, meaning, you know
2. (filler) er, so, uh, well

• laka

• IPA^(key): /jɑːˈnɪ/

yani (Arabic spelling یان)

1. Alternative form of yenî (“that is to say”)

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “yani”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 2), volume 2, London: Transnational Press, page 428

• yäni

Borrowed from Turkish yani.

yani

1. (slang) that is to say, that is, so, I mean, you know
2. (slang) A filler.

Similar to alltså in some usages.

• lakk

• Slangopedia

From Ottoman Turkish یعنی (yani), from Arabic يَعْنِي (yaʕnī, “he means”).

• IPA^(key): [jɑːni]

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• Hyphenation: ya‧ni

yani

1. (adverbial, conjunctive, prepositional, or adjectival) in other words, actually, namely, to wit, kind of, somewhat, id est, that is, meaning, you know
2. (filler) er, so, uh, well

• → Swedish: yani

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yani”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یعنی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2204