pani

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pani"

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Angloromani

Alternative forms

• pali, pan, panni, pawni

Etymology

Inherited from Romani pani.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʰaːniː], [ˈpʰæːni], [ˈpʰɑːni], [pʰaːniː], [ˈpʰɑni], [ˈpʰaniː], [ˈpɑːnɪ], [ˈpʰæni]

Noun

pani

1. water

   Synonyms: mungri, pia

2. brook
3. drink
4. tea
5. pond
6. lake
7. sea

   Synonyms: bawro pani, bori lun pani, lon bori pani

8. rain
9. river

   Synonym: boro pani

10. tears
11. urine

    Synonym: mutter

Derived terms

• adra pani paddi
• bawro pani
• bitchadipani
• bitti panni
• boro pani
• drow pani jal
• duvla's pani
• fowkidelallipani
• jal adrey the pani
• javvomaley o pani
• kalapani
• kawlopanigav
• kora pani
• lel adrey tatta pani
• padallepani
• pani kekkavva
• pani puvvengri gav
• pani totteras
• pani-beng
• pani-kenna
• pani-yokkeris
• panigav
• paningramush
• panniengro
• panying
• shokkapani
• tattapani

References

• “pani”, in Angloromani Dictionary‎^[4], The Manchester Romani Project, 2004-2006, page 158

Balkan Romani

Noun

pani m

1. (Bugurdži, Crimea, Kosovo Arli, Macedonian Arli, Sepečides, Sofia Erli, Ursari) water

   Synonym: (Crimea) panisi

Derived terms

• brišindeskoro pani
• londalo pani
• panjalo
• parime pani
• paňeskoro peribe
• pimaskoro pani
• pivdo pani

Baltic Romani

Alternative forms

• paňi (Lotfitka)
• panî (Xaladitka)

Noun

pani m

1. (Litovska) water

   Synonym: (Latvia) paaňing

Derived terms

• brîšîndêskiro pani
• londo panî
• paaňing
• paaňingalò
• panitko
• panîprolîdžjaibnîtko

Carpathian Romani

Alternative forms

• paani, paaňi (Romungro)
• paj (Burgenland)
• paji, paňi (Gurvari, Hungarian Vend)
• paň (Hungarian Vend)
• páni (Veršend)
• pauňi (Prekmurski)

Noun

pani m

1. (Burgenland, East Slovakia, Gurvari) water
2. (East Slovakia) sweat, perspiration
3. (Gurvari) river, lake

Derived terms

• ačhilo pani
• baro pani
• brišind pani
• brišindeskero páňi
• cikno pani
• fruxtakero paj
• jagalo pani
• jarkos paňeske
• londo paňi
• mulano pani
• pajeskeri realina
• pajeskero drom
• pajeskero dudum
• pajeskero kanal
• pajeskero peripe
• pajeskero štrol
• paňalo
• paňardo
• paňarel
• paňariben
• paňaľi dudum
• paňaľipen
• paňeskero
• pelopaňi
• čhivel pes andro pani
• čhordino pani
• čikalo pani

Erromintxela

Etymology

Inherited from Romani pani.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pani/

Noun

pani

1. water

   Synonym: panina

2. sea

   Synonym: panina baru

References

• Alexandre Baudrimont (1862), “pani”, in Vocabulaire de la langue des Bohémiens habitant les pays basques français [Vocabulary of the language of the Roma living in the French Basque Country], Bordeaux: G. Gounouilhou, →OCLC

Estonian

Verb

pani

1. third-person singular past indicative of panema

Finnish

Verb

pani

1. third-person singular past indicative of panna

Anagrams

• apin, pain, pian

Halbi

Noun

pani

1. water

References

• Ronald L. Trail, Patterns in clause, sentence, and discourse in selected languages of India and Nepal 4: Word lists (1973), Summer Institute of Linguistics Publications in Linguistics and Related Fields 41(4), page 17

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Polynesian *pani "block up".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ni/, [ˈpɐ.ni]

Verb

pani(transitive)

1. to close, to shut
2. to block, to dam up
3. clipping of pani hakahaka (“to substitute”)

Derived terms

• hoʻopani (causative)
• pani hakahaka (“to substitute”)

Noun

pani

1. dam
2. plug, stopper
3. lid, cover, cap
4. gate, door
5. (sports) substitute

Usage notes

May take either ke or ka.

Further reading

• pani in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

Ido

Noun

pani

1. plural of pano

Italian

Noun

pani m

1. plural of pane

Anagrams

• Pina, pian, pina

Javanese

Romanization

pani

1. romanization of ꦥꦤꦶ

Kavalan

Noun

pani

1. bow (for shooting)
2. knitting tool (shuttle)

Latin

Noun

pānī

1. dative singular of pānis

Māori

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *pani (cognates include Hawaiian poni “to anoint, to daub in oil”, Tongan pani “to smear, to daub in oil; to stain; to cover with oil”, Samoan pani “to dye”, Fijian vani “to oil one's hair [by passing through fingers]”).

Verb

pani (passive pania)

1. to smear, to spread across
2. to daub
3. to paint
4. to apply (of medicine)
5. to frost (of cakes)

Noun

pani

1. paint
2. polish

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “pani”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 299
• “pani” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Middle English

Noun

pani

1. (Lincolnshire, Middlesex) alternative form of peny

Old Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws

Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš

Proto-Iranian *gā́wšder.

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-

Proto-Iranian *pāna-der.

Proto-Slavic *gъpanъ

Proto-Slavic *gъpanьji

Old Polish pani

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gъpanьji. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /pani/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /pani/

Noun

pani f (male equivalent pan)

1. (attested in Greater Poland) female equivalent of pan (“lady”) (master of a feudal manor)
   • 1959 [1389], Henryk Kowalewicz, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, editors, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, Roty poznańskie, volume I, number 63, Poznań:

     Jaco pani szastauila swe dobro i cupila trzeczø czanscz Kuropatnik

     [Jako pani zastawiła swe dobro i kupiła trzecią część Kuropatnik]

2. (attested in Greater Poland) form of respect for non-noblewomen
   • 1858 [c. 1408], Wojciech Szurkowski z Ponieca, “Wyroki sądów miejskich czyli ortyle [Urban court rulings i.e. "Ortyls"]”, in Wacław Aleksander Maciejowski, editor, Historia prawodawstw słowiańskich [History of Slavic lawmaking], volume 6, Poniec, page 69:

     Hannus zalowal na panyą Anną

     [Hannusz żałował na panią Annę]

3. female equivalent of pan (“wife, especially one of a castellan”)
   • 1861 [1398], Pismo poświęcone naukom, sztukom i przemysłowi‎^[5], volume III, Biblioteka Warszawska, page 34:

     Tekdi gdi stala ossada pane bytgostkey hy Paskowa, tedi poslali comornika hy vosnego do paney hy do Paska

     [Tegdy gdy stała osada panie bydgostkiej i Paszkowa, tedy posłali komornika hi woźnego do paniej hi do Paszka]

4. (attested in Lesser Poland) female equivalent of pan (“lady”) (owner of land)
   • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎^{scan transliteration, transcription}, numbers 122, 3, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament]:

     Yako oczy poselkyney w røkv *pøney (dominae) swogey, tako oczy nasze kv panv bogv

     [Jako oczy posełkiniej w ręku paniej (dominae) swojej, tako oczy nasze ku Panu Bogu]

5. (attested in Sieradz-Łęczyca, Greater Poland) female equivalent of pan (“lady, woman”) (female human)
   • 1415, Przecław Słota, O zachowaniu się przy stole‎^[6], Łęczyca, Poznań, line 74:

     Tako panna yako pany ma to wedecz, czszo szø gany

     [Tako panna jako pani ma to wiedzieć, cso się gani]

Related terms

adjectives

• panieński
• panoski
• panow
• panowski

nouns

• panicz
• paniczek
• panieństwo
• panię
• panostwo
• panosza
• panoszka
• panowanie
• państwo

verbs

• panać impf
• paniać impf
• (impf) panować

Descendants

• Polish: pani
  • → Belarusian: па́ні (páni)
  • → Russian: па́ни (páni)
  • → Ukrainian: па́ні (páni)
  • → Yiddish: פּאַני (pani)
• Silesian: pani

References

• Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “pani”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “pani”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “pani”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws

Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš

Proto-Iranian *gā́wšder.

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-

Proto-Iranian *pāna-der.

Proto-Slavic *gъpanъ

Proto-Slavic *gъpanьji

Old Polish pani

Polish pani

Inherited from Old Polish pani.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ɲi/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA^(key): [ˈpa.ɲi]

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -aɲi
• Syllabification: pa‧ni
• Homophone: Pani

Noun

pani f (male equivalent pan)

1. female equivalent of pan (“woman”) (specific female person, especially one unknown to the speaker)
2. female equivalent of pan (“Mrs; miss”) (title before a last name)
3. female equivalent of pan (“mistress, lady”) (person with power over something)
4. female equivalent of pan (“madam”) (rich, well-presenting person)
5. female equivalent of pan (“lady”) (master of a house)
6. female equivalent of pan (“teacher”)
7. (Middle Polish) female equivalent of pan (“protector”)

   Synonym: protektorka

8. (Middle Polish) female equivalent of pan (“owner”)

   Synonym: właścicielka

9. (Chełmno) female equivalent of pan (“mother”)

   Synonym: matka

Pronoun

pani f (masculine pan)

1. female equivalent of pan (“you”) (polite second person f nominative, it takes verbs as third-person sg form)

   Coordinate terms: pan, państwo

Declension

Declension of pani

	singular	plural
nominative	pani	panie
genitive	pani	pań
dative	pani	paniom
accusative	panią	panie
instrumental	panią	paniami
locative	pani	paniach
vocative	pani	panie

Descendants

• → Belarusian: па́ні (páni)
• → Russian: па́ни (páni)
• → Ukrainian: па́ні (páni)
• → Yiddish: פּאַני (pani)

See also

• pański, twój
• pan
• panna
• państwo
• Appendix:Polish pronouns

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), pani is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 7 times in scientific texts, 5 times in news, 4 times in essays, 102 times in fiction, and 538 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 656 times, making it the 71st most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Further reading

• “pani”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[7] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “pani”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[8] (in Polish)
• Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “pani”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Paweł Kupiszewski (15.06.2020), “PANI”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “pani”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “pani”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “pani”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 34
• pani in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
• Gustaw Pobłocki (1887), “pani”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 137

Quechua

Alternative forms

• pana (Cuzco-Collao)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.nɪ/

Noun

pani

1. (Ayacucho) sister of a man

Declension

Declension of pani

	singular	plural
nominative	pani	panikuna
accusative	panita	panikunata
dative	paniman	panikunaman
genitive	panip	panikunap
locative	panipi	panikunapi
terminative	panikama	panikunakama
ablative	panimanta	panikunamanta
instrumental	paniwan	panikunawan
comitative	panintin	panikunantin
abessive	paninnaq	panikunannaq
comparative	panihina	panikunahina
causative	panirayku	panikunarayku
benefactive	panipaq	panikunapaq
associative	panipura	panikunapura
distributive	paninka	panikunanka
exclusive	panilla	panikunalla

Possessive forms of pani

ñuqap - first-person singular ñuqap (my) singular plural nominative paniy paniykuna accusative paniyta paniykunata dative paniyman paniykunaman genitive paniypa paniykunap locative paniypi paniykunapi terminative paniykama paniykunakama ablative paniymanta paniykunamanta instrumental paniywan paniykunawan comitative paniynintin paniykunantin abessive paniyninnaq paniykunannaq comparative paniyhina paniykunahina causative paniyrayku paniykunarayku benefactive paniypaq paniykunapaq associative paniypura paniykunapura distributive paniyninka paniykunanka exclusive paniylla paniykunalla qampa - second-person singular qampa (your) singular plural nominative paniyki paniykikuna accusative paniykita paniykikunata dative paniykiman paniykikunaman genitive paniykipa paniykikunap locative paniykipi paniykikunapi terminative paniykikama paniykikunakama ablative paniykimanta paniykikunamanta instrumental paniykiwan paniykikunawan comitative paniykintin paniykikunantin abessive paniykinnaq paniykikunannaq comparative paniykihina paniykikunahina causative paniykirayku paniykikunarayku benefactive paniykipaq paniykikunapaq associative paniykipura paniykikunapura distributive paniykinka paniykikunanka exclusive paniykilla paniykikunalla paypa - third-person singular paypa (his/her/its) singular plural nominative panin paninkuna accusative paninta paninkunata dative paninman paninkunaman genitive paninpa paninkunap locative paninpi paninkunapi terminative paninkama paninkunakama ablative paninmanta paninkunamanta instrumental paninwan paninkunawan comitative paninintin paninkunantin abessive paninninnaq paninkunannaq comparative paninhina paninkunahina causative paninrayku paninkunarayku benefactive paninpaq paninkunapaq associative paninpura paninkunapura distributive panininka paninkunanka exclusive paninlla paninkunalla ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural ñuqanchikpa (our(incl)) singular plural nominative paninchik paninchikkuna accusative paninchikta paninchikkunata dative paninchikman paninchikkunaman genitive paninchikpa paninchikkunap locative paninchikpi paninchikkunapi terminative paninchikkama paninchikkunakama ablative paninchikmanta paninchikkunamanta instrumental paninchikwan paninchikkunawan comitative paninchiknintin paninchikkunantin abessive paninchikninnaq paninchikkunannaq comparative paninchikhina paninchikkunahina causative paninchikrayku paninchikkunarayku benefactive paninchikpaq paninchikkunapaq associative paninchikpura paninchikkunapura distributive paninchikninka paninchikkunanka exclusive paninchiklla paninchikkunalla ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural ñuqaykup (our(excl)) singular plural nominative paniyku paniykukuna accusative paniykuta paniykukunata dative paniykuman paniykukunaman genitive paniykupa paniykukunap locative paniykupi paniykukunapi terminative paniykukama paniykukunakama ablative paniykumanta paniykukunamanta instrumental paniykuwan paniykukunawan comitative paniykuntin paniykukunantin abessive paniykunnaq paniykukunannaq comparative paniykuhina paniykukunahina causative paniykurayku paniykukunarayku benefactive paniykupaq paniykukunapaq associative paniykupura paniykukunapura distributive paniykunka paniykukunanka exclusive paniykulla paniykukunalla qamkunap - second-person plural qamkunap (your(pl)) singular plural nominative paniykichik paniykichikkuna accusative paniykichikta paniykichikkunata dative paniykichikman paniykichikkunaman genitive paniykichikpa paniykichikkunap locative paniykichikpi paniykichikkunapi terminative paniykichikkama paniykichikkunakama ablative paniykichikmanta paniykichikkunamanta instrumental paniykichikwan paniykichikkunawan comitative paniykichiknintin paniykichikkunantin abessive paniykichikninnaq paniykichikkunannaq comparative paniykichikhina paniykichikkunahina causative paniykichikrayku paniykichikkunarayku benefactive paniykichikpaq paniykichikkunapaq associative paniykichikpura paniykichikkunapura distributive paniykichikninka paniykichikkunanka exclusive paniykichiklla paniykichikkunalla paykunap - third-person plural paykunap (their) singular plural nominative paninku paninkukuna accusative paninkuta paninkukunata dative paninkuman paninkukunaman genitive paninkupa paninkukunap locative paninkupi paninkukunapi terminative paninkukama paninkukunakama ablative paninkumanta paninkukunamanta instrumental paninkuwan paninkukunawan comitative paninkuntin paninkukunantin abessive paninkunnaq paninkukunannaq comparative paninkuhina paninkukunahina causative paninkurayku paninkukunarayku benefactive paninkupaq paninkukunapaq associative paninkupura paninkukunapura distributive paninkunka paninkukunanka exclusive paninkulla paninkukunalla

Coordinate terms

• • turi
  • wawqi
  • ñaña

Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀡𑀻𑀅 (pāṇīa), from Sanskrit पानीय (pānīya). Cognates include Gujarati પાણી (pāṇī), Marwari पाणी (pāṇī), Sindhi پَاڻِي (pāṇī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ˈni/

Noun

pani m inan (nominative plural panǎ)

1. water

   O pani si maj śudro akana.

   The water is colder now.

Derived terms

• baro pani

Descendants

• Angloromani: pani, pali, pan, panni, pawni
• Caló: pañí
  • → Spanish: pañí
• Erromintxela: pani
• Tavringer Romani: pani
• Traveller Norwegian: pani
• Traveller Scottish: pani
• → Yenish: pani

Samoan

Noun

pani

1. bun

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• pane (Logudorese)

Etymology

From Latin pānis (“bread”).

Noun

pani

1. bread

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin pānis, pānem (“bread”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpa.nɪ]
• Hyphenation: pà‧ni

Noun

pani m (plural pani)

1. bread
   • 1905, Reinhold Rost, The Lord's prayer in five hundred languages, page 135:

     Danni oggi lu nostru pani quotidianu.

     Give us this day our daily bread.

Silesian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws

Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš

Proto-Iranian *gā́wšder.

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-

Proto-Iranian *pāna-der.

Proto-Slavic *gъpanъ

Proto-Slavic *gъpanьji

Old Polish pani

Silesian pani

Inherited from Old Polish pani.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ɲi/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɲi
• Syllabification: pa‧ni

Noun

pani f (male equivalent pōn)

1. female equivalent of pōn (“woman”)

   Synonyms: kobiyta, żyńskŏ

2. formal way of addressing a woman; female equivalent of pōn (“lady”)
3. female equivalent of pōn (“lord, mistress”)

Further reading

• pani in silling.org

Sinte Romani

Noun

pani m

1. alternative form of paňi (“water; river, lake”)

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gъpanьji.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɲi/

Noun

pani f (declension pattern of pani, male equivalent pán)

1. lady
2. (not inflected) Mrs or Lady

Usage notes

When following a name, the word pani is not inflected.

Declension

Declension of pani

	singular	plural
nominative	pani	panie
genitive	panej	paní
dative	panej	paniam
accusative	paniu	panie
locative	panej	paniach
instrumental	paňou	paniami

Related terms

• panička
• panovať

Further reading

• “pani”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English funny.

Adjective

pani

1. funny

Traveller Norwegian

Etymology

Inherited from Romani pani.

Noun

pani

1. water
2. river
3. lake
4. brook
5. dew

References

• “pani” in Norwegian Romani Dictionary.
• “pani” in Tavringens Rakripa: Romanifolkets Ordbok, Landsorganisasjonen for Romanifolket.

Venetan

Noun

pani

1. plural of pan

Vlax Romani

Noun

pani m

1. Lovara form of paj (“water, lake, river”)

Welsh Romani

Noun

pani m

1. water
2. body of water, river, lake, stream, sea

Derived terms

• ačilo pani
• ačimasko pani
• bara parl o pani
• bita pani
• doriavesko pani
• dråpa pani
• Glanhavrenako Pani
• južo pani
• kerado pani
• Khamesko Pani
• Kurunako Pani
• kåle-givesko pani
• Kålo Pani
• londo pani
• me-dir-dêb'lesko pani
• mui o pani
• mulo pani
• paniengo
• panieskeri
• panieskero
• paniesko
• Piriako Pani
• prastilo pani
• pårno pani
• Pårno Pani
• påš tablo pani
• randžedo pani
• rigerdo pani
• Rustako Pani
• tablo pani
• Talal o Pani
• tato pani
• thabno pani
• Thudesko Pani
• trautengo pani
• Trašavimasko Pani
• Vålšenengo Pani
• xoro pani
• xuxuňengo pani
• čikalo pani
• šidro pani
• šilalo pani

References

• “pani” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.n̪i/

Noun

pani

1. the buttocks

   Synonym: gua

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[9], Pacific linguistics

Yenish

Etymology

Borrowed from Romani pani.

Noun

pani

1. water

References

• Lützenhardter - Wörterbuch, page 22
• Christian Efing, Jenisch unter Schaustellern (2004), page 104