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Where does “یعنی” come from?

یعنی (Urdu) comes from Classical Persian یَعْنِی, from Arabic يَعْنِي, from Arabic عَنَى — to be on someone's mind; to mean, to concern; to...

یعنی (Urdu): means; in other words, actually, namely, to wit,...

Definitions

  1. means; in other words, actually, namely, to wit,...

Ancestry of “یعنی”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianیَعْنِی—
2Arabicيَعْنِيmeans
3Arabicعَنَىto be on someone's mind; to mean, to concern; to...
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