יעני

Hebrew

Etymology

From Arabic يَعْنِي‎ (yaʕnī), third-person masculine singular of عَنَى‎ (ʕanā, “to mean”), cognate to native עָנָה‎ ('aná, “to answer”) and יַעַן‎ (yá'an, “since, because”).

Adverb

יַעְנִי • (yá'ni)

  1. (slang) that is, in other words, meaning
  2. (slang) so to speak

Usage notes

Used as a filler word similar to כאילו‎ (k'ílu).

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