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

Declension

Declension of vani (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vani	vaninn	vanar	vanarnir
accusative	vana	vanann	vana	vanana
dative	vana	vananum	vönum	vönunum
genitive	vana	vanans	vana	vananna

Derived terms

• komast upp í vana
• leggja í vana sinn

 

References

• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2024), “vani”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies

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 [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024