یعنی

See also: يعني, يعنى, يغنى, and يغني

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic عَنَى (ʕanā)

Arabic يَعْنِي (yaʕnī)bor.

Ottoman Turkish یعنی

Borrowed from Arabic يَعْنِي (yaʕnī, “it means”), from عَنَى (ʕanā).

Interjection

یعنی • (yaʿnî)

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

Descendants

→ Turkish: yani
- → Swedish: yani
→ Armenian: յանի / եանի (yani)
→ West Circassian: яни (jani)
→ East Circassian: яни (jani)

References

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

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic يَعْنِي (yaʕnī, “it means”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /jaʔ.ˈniː/, /jaʔ.ˈneː/

(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]

Rhymes: -iː, -eː

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

Verb


Iranian Persian	یعنی
Dari	یعنی
Tajik	яъне

یعنی • (ya'ni)

(transitive) [he/she/it] means

Interjection

یعنی • (ya'ni)

(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
(filler) er, so, uh, well

Anagrams

عینی ('eyni)

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic عَنَى (ʕanā)

Arabic يَعْنِي (yaʕnī)bor.

Classical Persian (ya'nī)bor.

Urdu یعنی

Borrowed from Classical Persian (ya'nī), borrowed from Arabic يَعْنِي (yaʕnī, “it means”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /jɑː.niː/
Audio (India): (file)
Rhymes: -iː

Conjunction

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

(transitive) [he/she/it] means

Interjection

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