hani

Meaning

Adv

1. (interrogative) where
2. actually, to tell the truth
3. (interrogative) used when the speaker perceives an action as incomplete that the listener was supposed to perform

Intj

1. you know
2. Let's suppose that

Noun

comber

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ha.ni/

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قانی (kanı, “where [interrogative] or you know [interjection]”) or Ottoman Turkish هانی (hanı, “where [interrogative]”), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (qanï), from Proto-Turkic *kanï (“where”), a derivation from the interrogative stem *ka-.
Cognate with Azerbaijani hanı (“where”), Old Turkic 𐰴𐰣𐰃 (qanï, “where”), Karakhanid قَنٖى (qanï̄, “where”).

Sentences

Daha da pek genç imiş ; hani bıyığı yeni terlemiş.

He was even younger; his moustache was just sweaty.