Where does “yakni” come from?
yakni (Malay) comes 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...
Ancestry of “yakni”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Classical Malay | yakni | that is, in other words, i.e |
| 2 | Malay | ya`ani | — |
| 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 “yakni”