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Where does “iany” come from?

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

Ancestry of “iany”, step by step

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

Words derived from “iany”

  • yakni
  • yaini
  • yakni
  • ya`ani
  • yakni
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