Where does “yakni” come from?
yakni (Indonesian) comes from Malay yakni, from Classical Malay yakni, from Malay ya`ani, from Classical Malay ya`ni, from Arabic يَعْنِي, from Arabic عَنَى — to be on someone's mind; to mean, to concern; to...
yakni (Indonesian): that is, in other words, i.e
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- that is, in other words, i.e
Ancestry of “yakni”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Malay | yakni | — |
| 2 | Classical Malay | yakni | that is, in other words, i.e |
| 3 | Malay | ya`ani | — |
| 4 | Classical Malay | ya`ni | — |
| 5 | Arabic | يَعْنِي | means |
| 6 | Arabic | عَنَى | to be on someone's mind; to mean, to concern; to... |