یعنی

See also: يعني, يعنى, يغنى, and يغني

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic يَعْنِي (yaʕnī).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [jaʔ.niː], [jaʔ.neː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [jäʔ.niː], [jäʔ.neː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [jäʔ.niː], [jäʔ.neː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [jɑː.niː], [jɑː.neː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [jɔː.ni], [jɔː.neː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [jæʔ.niː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [jäʔ.ne]

Readings
Classical reading?	ya'nī, ya'nē
Dari reading?	ya'nī, ya'nē
Iranian reading?	ya'ni
Tajik reading?	yaʾne

Verb

Dari	یعنی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	яъне

یعنی • (ya'ni)

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

Interjection

یعنی • (ya'ni)

1. (adverbial, conjunctive, prepositional, or adjectival) in other words, actually, namely, to wit, kind of, somewhat, id est, that is, meaning, you know
   • c. 1004–1088, Nasir Khusraw, سفرنامه [Safarnama]:

     [...] و از آنجا به شهر حماة شدیم، شهری خوش، آبادان بر لب آب عاصی و این آب را از آن سبب عاصی گویند که به جانب روم می‌رود، یعنی چون از بلاد اسلام به بلاد کفر می‌رود، عاصی است

     [...] wa az ānjā ba šahr-i hamāh šudēm, šahrē xwaš, ābādān bar lab-i āb-i āsī wa īn āb-rā az ān sabab āsī gōyand ki ba jānib-i rūm mē-rawad, ya'nē čūn az bilād-i islām ba bilād-i kufr mē-rawad, āsī ast

     [...] and from there we went to the city of Hama, a pleasant city, by the side of the Asi [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

Anagrams

• عینی ('eyni)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian یَعْنِی (ya'nī), from Arabic يَعْنِي (yaʕnī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /jɑː.niː/

• Audio (India):

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• Rhymes: -iː

Conjunction

یَعْنی • (yā'nī) (Hindi spelling यानी)

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

Interjection

یَعْنی • (yā'nī) (Hindi spelling यानी)

1. in other words, meaning
2. namely, that is
3. like