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Angloromani

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Romani pani.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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

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References

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  • “pani”, in Angloromani Dictionary[5], The Manchester Romani Project, 2004-2006, page 158

Balkan Romani

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Noun

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pani m

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

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Baltic Romani

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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pani m

  1. (Litovska) water
    Synonym: (Latvia) paaňing

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Carpathian Romani

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Noun

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pani m

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

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Erromintxela

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Etymology

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Inherited from Romani pani.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pani

  1. water
    Synonym: panina
  2. sea
    Synonym: panina baru

References

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  • 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

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Verb

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pani

  1. third-person singular past indicative of panema

Finnish

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Verb

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pani

  1. third-person singular past indicative of panna

Anagrams

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Halbi

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Noun

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pani

  1. water

References

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Hawaiian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.ni/, [ˈpɐ.ni]

Verb

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pani(transitive)

  1. to close, to shut
  2. to block, to dam up
  3. (~ hakahaka) to replace or substitute in a position etc

Derived terms

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Noun

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pani

Ka pani i lalo ka hua niu
  1. dam
  2. plug, stopper
  3. lid, cover, cap
  4. (~ niu) bottom part of a coconut
  5. (~ hala) bulging key or phalanx of a pandanus (Pandanus tectorius) fruit cluster (ʻāhui) that holds other phalanges tightly to the core (ʻīkoi)
  6. gate, door
  7. (sports) substitute

Usage notes

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May take either ke or ka.

Further reading

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Ido

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Noun

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pani

  1. plural of pano

Italian

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Noun

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pani m

  1. plural of pane

Anagrams

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Javanese

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Romanization

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pani

  1. romanization of ꦥꦤꦶ

Kavalan

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Noun

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pani

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

Latin

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Noun

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pānī

  1. dative singular of pānis

Māori

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Etymology

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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]”).[1][2][3]

Verb

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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

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pani

  1. paint
  2. polish

References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891), “pani”, in Maori–Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 311
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “pani.1”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9
  3. ^ M. Ross, A. Pawley, M. Osmond, editors (1998), The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic[2], volume 1: Material Culture, Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 100–1

Further reading

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

Middle English

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Noun

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pani

  1. (Lincolnshire, Middlesex) alternative form of peny

Naga Pidgin

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Assamese পানী (pani).

    Noun

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    pani

    1. water

    Further reading

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    • pani”, in xobdo.org, 2006-2026.

    Old Polish

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    Etymology

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

      Pronunciation

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

      Noun

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      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[6], 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)
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      Descendants

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

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      Polish

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      Etymology

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        Inherited from Old Polish pani.

        Pronunciation

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        • Audio 1:(file)
        • Audio 2:(file)
        • Rhymes: -aɲi
        • Syllabification: pa‧ni
        • Homophone: Pani

        Noun

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        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

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        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

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        Trivia

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        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.[1]

        References

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        1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990), “pani”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎[3] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 354

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        Quechua

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        Alternative forms

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        Noun

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        pani

        1. (Ayacucho) sister of a man

        Declension

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        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
        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
        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

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        Romani

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        Etymology

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        Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀡𑀻𑀅 (pāṇīa), from Sanskrit पानीय (pānīya).[1][2][3] Cognates include Gujarati પાણી (pāṇī), Marwari पाणी (pāṇī), Sindhi پَاڻِي (pāṇī).

        Pronunciation

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        • IPA(key): /pa.ˈni/, /pa.ˈji/, /paj/

        Noun

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        pani m inan (nominative plural panǎ)

        1. water[2][3][4][5]
          O pani si maj śudro akana.
          The water is colder now.

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        References

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        1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “pānīˊya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 456
        2. 2.0 2.1 Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “paní”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 207b
        3. 3.0 3.1 Yaron Matras (2002), Romani: A Linguistic Introduction[4], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 27, 39
        4. ^ Marcel Courthiade (2009), “o pan/i¹, -ěs- m. -ǎ, -ěn-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 264b
        5. ^ Yūsuke Sumi (2018), “pan/i, -ǎ”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス ロマ(ジプシー)語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 153a

        Samoan

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        Etymology 1

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        Borrowed from English pan.

        Noun

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        pani

        1. pan; pot (receptacle for cooking)

        Etymology 2

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        Borrowed from English bun.

        Noun

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        pani

        1. bun (bread roll)

        Etymology 3

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        Borrowed from English punch.

        Verb

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        pani

        1. to punch, to hit

        References

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        • Milner, G.B. (1993), Samoan Dictionary, Auckland: Polynesian Press, →ISBN, page 174

        Sardinian

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        Alternative forms

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        Etymology

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        From Latin pānis (bread).

        Noun

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        pani

        1. bread

        Scots

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        Etymology

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        From Angloromani/Romani pani, from Sanskrit पानीय (pānīya)

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        pani (plural panis)

        1. (Southern Scots, Roxburghshire) water
        2. (rare, Southern Scots, Roxburghshire) a loch or lake
        3. (rare, Southern Scots, Roxburghshire, Berwickshire) a clipping of pani-hen (waterhen)

        Sicilian

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        Etymology

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        From Latin pānis, pānem (bread).

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

        Noun

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        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

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        Etymology

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          Inherited from Old Polish pani.

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          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)

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          Sinte Romani

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          Noun

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          pani m

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

          Slovak

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          Etymology

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            Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gъpanьji.

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            Noun

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

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

            Usage notes

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

            Declension

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

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            • 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

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            Etymology

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            From English funny.

            Adjective

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            pani

            1. funny

            Traveller Norwegian

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            Etymology

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            Inherited from Romani pani.

            Noun

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            pani

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

            References

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

            Venetan

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            Noun

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            pani

            1. plural of pan

            Vlax Romani

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            Noun

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            pani m

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

            Welsh Romani

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            Noun

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            pani m

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

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            References

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

            West Makian

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            Noun

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            pani

            1. the buttocks
              Synonym: gua

            References

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            • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours[10], Pacific linguistics

            Yenish

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            Etymology

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            Borrowed from Romani pani.

            Pronunciation

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            This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

            Noun

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            pani

            1. water

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