Azerbaijani
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Etymology
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Ultimately from Arabic يَعْنِي (yaʕnī, “(he/she/it) means”).
Pronunciation
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Interjection
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yəni
- (adverbial, conjunctive, prepositional, or adjectival) in other words, actually, namely, to wit, kind of, somewhat, id est, that is, meaning, you know
- (filler) er, so, uh, well