hani

See also: haní, haņi, and han'i

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hanhi, from a Baltic language. Cognate with Finnish hanhi.

Noun

hani (genitive hane, partitive hane)

  1. goose

Declension


Hausa

Noun

hanī̀ m (possessed form hanìn)

  1. prohibition

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hani, from Proto-Germanic *hanô, from Proto-Indo-European *kan- (to sing).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhaːnɪ/
  • Rhymes: -aːnɪ

Noun

hani m (genitive singular hana, nominative plural hanar)

  1. cock, rooster
  2. faucet, tap
  3. an early riser; a person who rises early in the morning

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms


Ido

Noun

hani

  1. plural of hano

Latvian

Noun

hani m

  1. nominative plural form of hans
  2. vocative plural form of hans

Mandinka

Adverb

hani

  1. even

Interjection

hani

  1. no

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hanô, from Proto-Indo-European *kan- (to sing).

Noun

hani m (genitive hana, plural hanar)

  1. a cock, rooster

Declension

Descendants

References

  • hani in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English honey.

Noun

hani

  1. honey

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish هانی (hani, where [interrogative] or you know [interjection]), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (qanï), from Proto-Turkic *kanï (where), a derivation from the interrogative stem *ka-. Cognate with Azerbaijani hanı (where), Old Turkic 𐰴𐰣𐰃 (qanï, where), Karakhanid قَنٖى‏ (qanï̄, where).

Adverb

hani

  1. (interrogative) where
    Hani benim gömleğim?Where is my shirt?
  2. actually, to tell the truth
Usage notes
  • Note: Often used at initial position.
Synonyms

Interjection

hani

  1. you know
  2. Let's suppose that

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish خانی (χani, big red fish), from Greek χάννη (chánni, serranus hepatus).[1]

Noun

hani (definite accusative haniyi, plural haniler)

  1. (zoology) comber

References

  1. Nişanyan, Sevan (2014-08-22), hani2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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