یعنی

See also: يعني, يعنى, يغنى, and يغني

Persian edit

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [jäʔ.niː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [jɑː.niː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [jɔː.ni]

یعنی • (ya'ni)

یعنی • (ya'ni)

(adverbial, conjunctive, prepositional, or adjectival) in other words, actually, namely, to wit, kind of, somewhat, id est, that is, meaning, you know
- c. 1004–1088, Nasir Khusraw, سفرنامه [Safarnama], modern edition:
  ... و از آنجا به شهر حمات شدیم، شهری خوشی و آبادان بر لب آب عاصی و این آب را از آن سبب عاصی گویند که به جانب روم می‌رود، یعنی، چون از بلاد اسلام به بلاد کفر می‌رود، عاصی است
  ... va az ânjâ be šahr-e Hamât šodim, šahri xoš o âbâdân bar lab-e Âb-e Âsi va in âb râ az ân sabab "Âsi" guyand ke be jâneb-e Rum mi-ravad, ya'ni, chun az belâd Eslam be belâd-e kofr mi-ravad, âsi ast
  ... and from there we went to the city of Hama, a pleasant and cultivated place near the Âsi [Sinful] River and this river is called "Sinful" because it is flowing toward Rum [the Byzantine Empire], that is to say, since it is going from the land of Islam to the land of kufr, it is sinful
(filler) er, so, uh, well