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Yaani

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Jul 17, 2025 · 3 definitions
TOP DEFINITION

Yaani definition 1

“Meaning/that is to say.” Common filler word for emphasis or clarification, equivalent to “like” or “I mean.”

by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Jul 17, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Yaani definition 2

I mean/You know (Arabic) - Filler word in conversation

"Yaani, ma fahamtay waxaan ula jeeday? (I mean, do you understand what I meant?)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 09, 2025
DEFINITION 3

Yaani definition 3

Yaani/maana yake (That is/meaning)

"Yaani umeanza kufanya kazi? (That is you started working?)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

Word Details

Country
🇹🇿 Tanzania
Definitions
3 community definitions
Added
July 2025

↻ Similar Words

Yaani 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Ma'naha shino? (What does it mean?)

"Yaani inta ma faahim? (So you don't understand?)"
Yaani 🇩🇯 Djibouti

I mean/You know (Arabic) - Filler word in conversation

"Yaani, ma fahamtay waxaan ula jeeday? (I mean, do you understand what I meant?)"

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Tanzanian slang is rooted in Swahili, the national language, with vibrant Bongo Flava music culture adding fresh terms to everyday speech in Dar es Salaam.

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Yaani 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Ma'naha shino? (What does it mean?)
Yaani 🇩🇯 Djibouti

I mean/You know (Arabic) - Filler word in conversation

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