Where does “यानी” come from?
यानी (Hindi) comes from Classical Persian یَعْنِی, from Arabic يَعْنِي, from Arabic عَنَى — to be on someone's mind; to mean, to concern; to...
यानी (Hindi): meaning, i.e., that is to say
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- meaning, i.e., that is to say
Ancestry of “यानी”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Classical Persian | یَعْنِی | — |
| 2 | Arabic | يَعْنِي | means |
| 3 | Arabic | عَنَى | to be on someone's mind; to mean, to concern; to... |