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