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Where does “yəni” come from?

yəni (Azerbaijani) comes from Arabic يَعْنِي, from Arabic عَنَى — to be on someone's mind; to mean, to concern; to...

yəni (Azerbaijani): in other words, actually, namely, to wit, kind...

Definitions

  1. in other words, actually, namely, to wit, kind...

Ancestry of “yəni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicيَعْنِيmeans
2Arabicعَنَىto be on someone's mind; to mean, to concern; to...
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