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hani.

where

4 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

adv/ha.ni/

  1. where

    interrogative
    Hani benim gömleğim?

  2. actually, to tell the truth

  3. used when the speaker perceives an action as incomplete that the listener was supposed to perform

    interrogative
    hani dedin benden başka kimseyi sevmediğini?
    hani ödevini yapacaktın?
Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish قانی (kanı, “where [interrogative] or you know [interjection]”) or Ottoman Turkish هانی (hanı, “where [interrogative]”), from Old Anatolian Turkish قنی (qanı), from Proto-Turkic *kańu (“where”), a derivation from the interrogative stem *ka-. Cognate with Azerbaijani hanı (“where”), Old Turkic 𐰴𐰣𐰃 (qanï, “where”), Karakhanid قَنٖى (qanï̄, “where”), Gagauz ani (“where”).

intj/ha.ni/

  1. you know

  2. Let's suppose that

Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish قانی (kanı, “where [interrogative] or you know [interjection]”) or Ottoman Turkish هانی (hanı, “where [interrogative]”), from Old Anatolian Turkish قنی (qanı), from Proto-Turkic *kańu (“where”), a derivation from the interrogative stem *ka-. Cognate with Azerbaijani hanı (“where”), Old Turkic 𐰴𐰣𐰃 (qanï, “where”), Karakhanid قَنٖى (qanï̄, “where”), Gagauz ani (“where”).

noun/ha.ni/

  1. comber

Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish خانی (hani, “big red fish”), from Greek χάννη (chánni, “serranus hepatus”).

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