vani

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vani"

English

Noun

vani (uncountable)

1. A custom in parts of Pakistan where girls, often minors, are given in marriage or servitude to an aggrieved family as compensation for a dispute, often over murder.

   Synonym: swara

Anagrams

• VAIN, Viña, Vina, Vian, vain, 'avin', Ivan, ivan, vina

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈba.ni]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈva.ni]

Verb

vani

1. only used in em vani, first-person singular present subjunctive of vanar-se
2. only used in es vani, third-person singular present subjunctive of vanar-se
3. only used in vani's, third-person singular imperative of vanar-se

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vani (“a custom, a habit”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aːnɪ

Noun

vani m (genitive singular vana, nominative plural vanar)

1. a habit, a custom

   Synonym: venja

Derived terms

• komast upp í vana
• leggja í vana sinn

 

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.ni/
• Rhymes: -ani
• Hyphenation: và‧ni

Etymology 1

Adjective

vani

1. masculine plural of vano

Noun

vani m

1. plural of vano

Etymology 2

Verb

vani

1. inflection of vanare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative/present subjunctive
   2. first-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular present subjunctive/imperative

Anagrams

• Vian, navi

Lala (New Guinea)

Numeral

vani

1. four

Further reading

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯aː.niː/, [ˈu̯äːniː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ni/, [ˈväːni]

Adjective

vānī

1. inflection of vānus:
   1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
   2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• vȃnka (regional)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vъnъ, *vъně (Russian вне (vne), Old Polish wen).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋǎni/
• Hyphenation: va‧ni

Adverb

vàni (Cyrillic spelling ва̀ни)

1. outside, outdoors, out [with genitive]

   Petar je vani, ako njega tražiš. ― Petar is outside, if you are looking for him.

   Toplije je vani nego unutra! ― It is warmer outside than inside!

2. abroad, overseas

   Kad su se preselili nazad u Bosnu, pričali su nam kakav je život vani. ― When they moved back to Bosnia, they told us what life is like abroad.

Antonyms

• unutra

See also

• napolje

References

• “vani”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024