яъне

Tajik

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Persian یَعْنی (ya'nē), from Arabic يَعْنِي (yaʕnī).

Verb

яъне • (yaʾne) (Persian spelling یعنی)

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

Interjection

яъне • (yaʾne) (Persian spelling یعنی)

1. (adverbial, conjunctive, prepositional, or adjectival) in other words, actually, namely, i.e., that is, meaning, you know
   • c. 1004–1088, Nasir Khusraw, Сафарнома [Safarnoma, Safarnama]:

     [...] ва аз он ҷо ба шаҳри Ҳамо шудем, шахре хуш, ободон бар лаби оби Оси ва ин обро аз он сабаб Оси гӯянд, ки ба ҷониби Рум меравад, яъне чун аз билоди ислом ба билоди куфр меравад, осист

     [...] va az on jo ba šahr-i Hamo šudem, šaxre xuš, obodon bar lab-i ob-i Os-i va in obro az on sabab Os-i güyand, ki ba jonib-i Rum meravad, yaʾne čun az bilod-i islom ba bilod-i kufr meravad, osi-st

     [...] and from there we went to the city of Hama, a pleasant city, by the side of the Osi [Sinful] River and this river is called Sinful because it is flowing toward Rome [the Byzantine Empire], that is to say, since it is going from the land of Islam to the land of kufr, it is sinful

2. (filler) er, so, uh, well