Where does “яни” come from?

яни (West Circassian) comes from Ottoman Turkish یعنی, from Arabic يَعْنِي, from Arabic عَنَى — to be on someone's mind; to mean, to concern; to...

яни (West Circassian): er, so, uh, well

Definitions

  1. er, so, uh, well

Ancestry of “яни”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishیعنیin other words, actually, namely, to wit, kind of, somewhat, id est, that is, meaning, you know
2Arabicيَعْنِيmeans
3Arabicعَنَىto be on someone's mind; to mean, to concern; to...
Every word from Arabic عَنَى →Every word from Arabic يَعْنِي →Every word from Ottoman Turkish یعنی →