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pani

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pani"
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Angloromani

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Romani pani.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpʰaːniː], [ˈpʰæːni], [ˈpʰɑːni], [pʰaːniː], [ˈpʰɑni], [ˈpʰaniː], [ˈpɑːnɪ], [ˈpʰæni]

Noun

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pani

  1. water
    Synonyms: mungri, pia
  2. brook
  3. drink
  4. tea
  5. pond
  6. lake
  7. sea
    Synonyms: bawro pani, bori lun pani, lon bori pani
  8. rain
  9. river
    Synonym: boro pani
  10. tears
  11. urine
    Synonym: mutter

Derived terms

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References

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  • “pani”, in Angloromani Dictionary‎[3], The Manchester Romani Project, 2004-2006, page 158

Balkan Romani

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Noun

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pani m

  1. (Bugurdži, Crimea, Kosovo Arli, Macedonian Arli, Sepečides, Sofia Erli, Ursari) water
    Synonym: (Crimea) panisi

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Baltic Romani

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pani m

  1. (Litovska) water
    Synonym: (Latvia) paaňing

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Carpathian Romani

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pani m

  1. (Burgenland, East Slovakia, Gurvari) water
  2. (East Slovakia) sweat, perspiration
  3. (Gurvari) river, lake

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Erromintxela

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Etymology

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Inherited from Romani pani.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pani

  1. water
    Synonym: panina
  2. sea
    Synonym: panina baru

References

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  • Alexandre Baudrimont (1862) “pani”, in Vocabulaire de la langue des Bohémiens habitant les pays basques français [Vocabulary of the language of the Roma living in the French Basque Country], Bordeaux: G. Gounouilhou, →OCLC

Estonian

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Verb

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pani

  1. third-person singular past indicative of panema

Finnish

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Verb

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pani

  1. third-person singular past indicative of panna

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Halbi

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Noun

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pani

  1. water

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Ido

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Noun

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pani

  1. plural of pano

Italian

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Noun

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pani m

  1. plural of pane

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Javanese

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Romanization

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pani

  1. Romanization of ꦥꦤꦶ

Kavalan

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Noun

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pani

  1. bow (for shooting)
  2. knitting tool (shuttle)

Latin

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Noun

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pānī

  1. dative singular of pānis

Maori

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *pani (cognates include Hawaiian poni “to anoint, to daub in oil”, Tongan pani “to smear, to daub in oil; to stain; to cover with oil”, Samoan pani “to dye”, Fijian vani “to oil one's hair [by passing through fingers]”).[1][2][3]

Verb

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pani (passive pania)

  1. to smear, to spread across
  2. to daub
  3. to paint
  4. to apply (of medicine)
  5. to frost (of cakes)

Noun

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pani

  1. paint
  2. polish

References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 311
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “pani.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 100-1

Further reading

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  • Williams, Herbert William (1917) “pani”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 299
  • “pani” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Old Polish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gъpanьji. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /pani/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /pani/

Noun

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pani f (male equivalent pan)

  1. (attested in Greater Poland) female equivalent of pan (“lady”) (master of a feudal manor)
    • 1959 [1389], Henryk Kowalewicz, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, editors, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, Roty poznańskie, volume I, number 63, Poznań:
      Jaco pani szastauila swe dobro i cupila trzeczø czanscz Kuropatnik
      [Jako pani zastawiła swe dobro i kupiła trzecią część Kuropatnik]
  2. (attested in Greater Poland) form of respect for non-noblewomen
    • 1858 [c. 1408], Wojciech Szurkowski z Ponieca, “Wyroki sądów miejskich czyli ortyle [Urban court rulings i.e. "Ortyls"]”, in Wacław Aleksander Maciejowski, editor, Historia prawodawstw słowiańskich [History of Slavic lawmaking], volume 6, Poniec, page 69:
      Hannus zalowal na panyą Anną
      [Hannusz żałował na panią Annę]
  3. female equivalent of pan (“wife, especially one of a castellan”)
    • 1861 [1398], Pismo poświęcone naukom, sztukom i przemysłowi‎[4], volume III, Biblioteka Warszawska, page 34:
      Tekdi gdi stala ossada pane bytgostkey hy Paskowa, tedi poslali comornika hy vosnego do paney hy do Paska
      [Tegdy gdy stała osada panie bydgostkiej i Paszkowa, tedy posłali komornika hi woźnego do paniej hi do Paszka]
  4. (attested in Lesser Poland) female equivalent of pan (“lady”) (owner of land)
    • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎[5], Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament], pages 122, 3:
      Yako oczy poselkyney w røkv *pøney (dominae) swogey, tako oczy nasze kv panv bogv
      [Jako oczy posełkiniej w ręku paniej (dominae) swojej, tako oczy nasze ku Panu Bogu]
  5. (attested in Sieradz-Łęczyca, Greater Poland) female equivalent of pan (“lady, woman”) (female human)
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Descendants

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  • Polish: pani
    • → Belarusian: па́ні (páni)
    • → Russian: па́ни (páni)
    • → Ukrainian: па́ні (páni)
    • → Yiddish: פּאַני (pani)
  • Silesian: pani

References

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  • Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “pani”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  • Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “pani”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “pani”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish pani.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aɲi
  • Syllabification: pa‧ni
  • Homophone: Pani

Noun

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pani f (male equivalent pan)

  1. female equivalent of pan (“woman”) (specific female person, especially one unknown to the speaker)
  2. female equivalent of pan (“Mrs; miss”) (title before a last name)
  3. female equivalent of pan (“mistress, lady”) (person with power over something)
  4. female equivalent of pan (“madam”) (rich, well-presenting person)
  5. female equivalent of pan (“lady”) (master of a house)
  6. female equivalent of pan (“teacher”)
  7. (Middle Polish) female equivalent of pan (“protector”)
    Synonym: protektorka
  8. (Middle Polish) female equivalent of pan (“owner”)
    Synonym: właścicielka
  9. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) female equivalent of pan (“mother”)
    Synonym: matka

Pronoun

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pani f (masculine pan)

  1. female equivalent of pan (“you”) (polite second person f nominative, it takes verbs as third-person sg form)
    Coordinate terms: pan, państwo

Declension

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Declension of pani
singular plural
nominative pani panie
genitive pani pań
dative pani paniom
accusative panią panie
instrumental panią paniami
locative pani paniach
vocative pani panie

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Descendants

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Trivia

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According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), pani is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 7 times in scientific texts, 5 times in news, 4 times in essays, 102 times in fiction, and 538 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 656 times, making it the 71st most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

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  1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “pani”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 354

Further reading

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  • pani in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • pani in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “pani”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • Paweł Kupiszewski (15.06.2020) “PANI”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “pani”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “pani”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
  • A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “pani”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 34
  • pani in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
  • Gustaw Pobłocki (1887) “pani”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 137

Quechua

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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pani

  1. (Ayacucho) sister of a man

Declension

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declension of pani
singular plural
nominative pani panikuna
accusative panita panikunata
dative paniman panikunaman
genitive panip panikunap
locative panipi panikunapi
terminative panikama panikunakama
ablative panimanta panikunamanta
instrumental paniwan panikunawan
comitative panintin panikunantin
abessive paninnaq panikunannaq
comparative panihina panikunahina
causative panirayku panikunarayku
benefactive panipaq panikunapaq
associative panipura panikunapura
distributive paninka panikunanka
exclusive panilla panikunalla
possessive forms of pani
ñuqap - first-person singular
ñuqap (my) singular plural
nominative paniy paniykuna
accusative paniyta paniykunata
dative paniyman paniykunaman
genitive paniypa paniykunap
locative paniypi paniykunapi
terminative paniykama paniykunakama
ablative paniymanta paniykunamanta
instrumental paniywan paniykunawan
comitative paniynintin paniykunantin
abessive paniyninnaq paniykunannaq
comparative paniyhina paniykunahina
causative paniyrayku paniykunarayku
benefactive paniypaq paniykunapaq
associative paniypura paniykunapura
distributive paniyninka paniykunanka
exclusive paniylla paniykunalla
qampa - second-person singular
qampa (your) singular plural
nominative paniyki paniykikuna
accusative paniykita paniykikunata
dative paniykiman paniykikunaman
genitive paniykipa paniykikunap
locative paniykipi paniykikunapi
terminative paniykikama paniykikunakama
ablative paniykimanta paniykikunamanta
instrumental paniykiwan paniykikunawan
comitative paniykintin paniykikunantin
abessive paniykinnaq paniykikunannaq
comparative paniykihina paniykikunahina
causative paniykirayku paniykikunarayku
benefactive paniykipaq paniykikunapaq
associative paniykipura paniykikunapura
distributive paniykinka paniykikunanka
exclusive paniykilla paniykikunalla
paypa - third-person singular
paypa (his/her/its) singular plural
nominative panin paninkuna
accusative paninta paninkunata
dative paninman paninkunaman
genitive paninpa paninkunap
locative paninpi paninkunapi
terminative paninkama paninkunakama
ablative paninmanta paninkunamanta
instrumental paninwan paninkunawan
comitative paninintin paninkunantin
abessive paninninnaq paninkunannaq
comparative paninhina paninkunahina
causative paninrayku paninkunarayku
benefactive paninpaq paninkunapaq
associative paninpura paninkunapura
distributive panininka paninkunanka
exclusive paninlla paninkunalla
ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural
ñuqanchikpa (our(incl)) singular plural
nominative paninchik paninchikkuna
accusative paninchikta paninchikkunata
dative paninchikman paninchikkunaman
genitive paninchikpa paninchikkunap
locative paninchikpi paninchikkunapi
terminative paninchikkama paninchikkunakama
ablative paninchikmanta paninchikkunamanta
instrumental paninchikwan paninchikkunawan
comitative paninchiknintin paninchikkunantin
abessive paninchikninnaq paninchikkunannaq
comparative paninchikhina paninchikkunahina
causative paninchikrayku paninchikkunarayku
benefactive paninchikpaq paninchikkunapaq
associative paninchikpura paninchikkunapura
distributive paninchikninka paninchikkunanka
exclusive paninchiklla paninchikkunalla
ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural
ñuqaykup (our(excl)) singular plural
nominative paniyku paniykukuna
accusative paniykuta paniykukunata
dative paniykuman paniykukunaman
genitive paniykupa paniykukunap
locative paniykupi paniykukunapi
terminative paniykukama paniykukunakama
ablative paniykumanta paniykukunamanta
instrumental paniykuwan paniykukunawan
comitative paniykuntin paniykukunantin
abessive paniykunnaq paniykukunannaq
comparative paniykuhina paniykukunahina
causative paniykurayku paniykukunarayku
benefactive paniykupaq paniykukunapaq
associative paniykupura paniykukunapura
distributive paniykunka paniykukunanka
exclusive paniykulla paniykukunalla
qamkunap - second-person plural
qamkunap (your(pl)) singular plural
nominative paniykichik paniykichikkuna
accusative paniykichikta paniykichikkunata
dative paniykichikman paniykichikkunaman
genitive paniykichikpa paniykichikkunap
locative paniykichikpi paniykichikkunapi
terminative paniykichikkama paniykichikkunakama
ablative paniykichikmanta paniykichikkunamanta
instrumental paniykichikwan paniykichikkunawan
comitative paniykichiknintin paniykichikkunantin
abessive paniykichikninnaq paniykichikkunannaq
comparative paniykichikhina paniykichikkunahina
causative paniykichikrayku paniykichikkunarayku
benefactive paniykichikpaq paniykichikkunapaq
associative paniykichikpura paniykichikkunapura
distributive paniykichikninka paniykichikkunanka
exclusive paniykichiklla paniykichikkunalla
paykunap - third-person plural
paykunap (their) singular plural
nominative paninku paninkukuna
accusative paninkuta paninkukunata
dative paninkuman paninkukunaman
genitive paninkupa paninkukunap
locative paninkupi paninkukunapi
terminative paninkukama paninkukunakama
ablative paninkumanta paninkukunamanta
instrumental paninkuwan paninkukunawan
comitative paninkuntin paninkukunantin
abessive paninkunnaq paninkukunannaq
comparative paninkuhina paninkukunahina
causative paninkurayku paninkukunarayku
benefactive paninkupaq paninkukunapaq
associative paninkupura paninkukunapura
distributive paninkunka paninkukunanka
exclusive paninkulla paninkukunalla

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Romani

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀡𑀻𑀅 (pāṇīa), from Sanskrit पानीय (pānīya).[1][2][3] Cognates include Gujarati પાણી (pāṇī), Marwari पाणी (pāṇī), Sindhi پَاڻِي (pāṇī).

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pani m inan (nominative plural panǎ)

  1. water[2][3][4][5]
    O pani si maj śudro akana.
    The water is colder now.

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References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pānīˊya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 456
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “paní”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 207b
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Yaron Matras (2002) Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎[2], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 27, 39
  4. ^ Marcel Courthiade (2009) “o pan/i¹, -ěs- m. -ǎ, -ěn-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 264b
  5. ^ Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “pan/i, -ǎ”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 153a

Samoan

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Noun

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pani

  1. bun

Sardinian

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Etymology

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From Latin pānis (“bread”).

Noun

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pani

  1. bread

Sicilian

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Etymology

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From Latin pānis, pānem (“bread”).

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpa.nɪ]
  • Hyphenation: pà‧ni

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pani m (plural pani)

  1. bread
    • 1905, Reinhold Rost, The Lord's prayer in five hundred languages, page 135:
      Danni oggi lu nostru pani quotidianu.
      Give us this day our daily bread.

Silesian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish pani.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.ɲi/
  • Rhymes: -aɲi
  • Syllabification: pa‧ni

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pani f (male equivalent pōn)

  1. female equivalent of pōn (“woman”)
    Synonyms: kobiyta, żyńskŏ
  2. formal way of addressing a woman; female equivalent of pōn (“lady”)
  3. female equivalent of pōn (“lord, mistress”)

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Sinte Romani

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Noun

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pani m

  1. Alternative form of paňi (“water; river, lake”)

Slovak

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gъpanьji.

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Noun

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pani f (declension pattern of pani, male equivalent pán)

  1. lady
  2. (not inflected) Mrs or Lady

Usage notes

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When following a name, the word pani is not inflected.

Declension

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Declension of pani
singular plural
nominative pani panie
genitive panej paní
dative panej paniam
accusative paniu panie
locative panej paniach
instrumental paňou paniami
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Further reading

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  • “pani”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English funny.

Adjective

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pani

  1. funny

Traveller Norwegian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Romani pani.

Noun

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pani

  1. water
  2. river
  3. lake
  4. brook
  5. dew

References

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  • “pani” in Norwegian Romani Dictionary.
  • “pani” in Tavringens Rakripa: Romanifolkets Ordbok, Landsorganisasjonen for Romanifolket.

Venetan

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Noun

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pani

  1. plural of pan

Vlax Romani

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Noun

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pani m

  1. Lovara form of paj (“water, lake, river”)

Welsh Romani

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Noun

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pani m

  1. water
  2. body of water, river, lake, stream, sea

Derived terms

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References

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  • “pani” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

West Makian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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pani

  1. the buttocks
    Synonym: gua

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[7], Pacific linguistics

Yenish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Romani pani.

Noun

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pani

  1. water

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