یعنی

See also: يعني, يعنى, يغنى, and يغني

Persian

Dari	یعنی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	яъне

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jæʔˈniː], [jæːˈniː]
  • IPA^(key): [jæˈni]

Verb

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), modern edition:

     ... و از آنجا به شهر حمات شدیم، شهری خوشی و 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
     ... va az ânjâ be šahr-e Hamât šodim, šahri xoš o âbâdân bar lab-e Âb-e Âsi va in âb râ az ân sabab "Âsi" guyand ke be jâneb-e Rum mi-ravad, ya'ni, chun az belâd Eslam be belâd-e kofr mi-ravad, âsi ast

     ... and from there we went to the city of Hama, a pleasant and cultivated place near the Âsi [Sinful] River and this river is called "Sinful" because it is flowing toward Rum [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

Ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic يَعْنِي (yaʕnī).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

یعنی • (yā'nī) (Hindi spelling यानी)

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

Interjection

یعنی • (yā'nī) (Hindi spelling यानी)

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