gani

See also: gañí and Gani

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish غنی (ganî), from Arabic غَنِيّ (ḡaniyy).[1]

Noun

gani f

  1. (dated, regional) fertility, productivity

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “gani”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 166

Cebuano

Etymology

Compare Bikol Central ngani.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ga‧ni
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaniʔ/ [ˈɡa.n̪ɪʔ]

Adverb

ganì (Badlit spelling ᜄᜈᜒ)

  1. anyway
  2. indeed
  3. rather; even

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

gani

  1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of ganir:
    1. first-person singular preterite indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Kapingamarangi

Noun

gani

  1. (anatomy) penis
    Synonym: (slang) belu

Latvian

Noun

gani m

  1. nominative/vocative plural of gans

Noun

gani f

  1. accusative/instrumental singular of gane

Loloda

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-North Halmahera *gani; compare Galela gani, Tabaru ga'ani (irregular), Ternate gani.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡa.ni/

Noun

gani

  1. head louse

References

  • M. J. van Baarda (1904) Het Lòda'sch, in vergelijking met het Galėla'sch dialect op Halmaheira

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡa.ɲi/
  • Rhymes: -aɲi
  • Syllabification: ga‧ni

Verb

gani

  1. third-person singular present of ganić

Portuguese

Verb

gani

  1. inflection of ganir:
    1. first-person singular preterite indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Adjective

gani (invariable)

  1. what, (of) which

Derived terms

  • habari gani (“how are you”, literally “what's the news”)
  • kiasi gani (“how much; what extent”)

Ternate

Etymology

From Proto-North Halmahera *gani (“head louse”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡa.ni/

Noun

gani

  1. head louse

Alternative forms

  • gan (with vowel deletion)

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish غنی (ganî),[1][2] from Arabic غَنِيّ (ḡaniyy).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈniː/
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ni

Adjective

gani

  1. (dated) rich
    Synonyms: zengin, varlıklı, varsıl
    Antonyms: fakir, yoksul
  2. (dated) a lot, many, plentiful
    Synonyms: bol, çok

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “غنی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1353
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “غنی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 877
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “gani”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

Volapük

Noun

gani

  1. accusative singular of gan

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

gani

  1. soft mutation of cani

Mutation

Mutated forms of cani
radical soft nasal aspirate
cani gani nghani chani

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

West Makian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡa.n̪i/

Noun

gani

  1. floor
    Synonym: bungbangi

References

  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎[3], Pacific linguistics

Yogad

Pronoun

ganí

  1. (interrogative) what
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