یعنی

See also: يعني‎, يعنى‎, يغنى‎, and يغني‎

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic يَعْنِي‎ (yaʕnī).

Pronunciation

    • (Dari): IPA(key): /jaʔniː/

    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 Arabic يَعْنِي‎ (yaʕnī).

    Pronunciation

    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
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