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yakhni

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of various stocks, broths and stews found in many countries from the Balkan Peninsula to South Asia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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History

Etymology

Ultimately from Persian یخنی (yaxni).

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: jahni — any of various stocks, broths and stews
  • Arabic: يَخْنِي (yaḵnī) — any of various stocks, broths and stews
  • Arabic: يَخْنَة (yaḵna) — any of various stocks, broths and stews
  • Armenian: յախնի (yaxni) — any of various stocks, broths and stews
  • Bulgarian: яхни́я (jahníja) — any of various stocks, broths and stews
  • Greek: γιαχνί (giachní) — any of various stocks, broths and stews
  • Hindi: यख़्नी (yaxnī) — any of various stocks, broths and stews
  • Hindi: यख़नी (yaxnī) — any of various stocks, broths and stews
  • Northern Kurdish: yexnî — any of various stocks, broths and stews
  • Iranian Persian: یَخْنی (yaxni) — any of various stocks, broths and stews
  • Romanian: iahnie — any of various stocks, broths and stews
  • Tajik: яхни (yaxn-i) — any of various stocks, broths and stews
  • Turkish: yahni — any of various stocks, broths and stews
  • Ottoman Turkish: یخنی (yahni) — any of various stocks, broths and stews
  • Urdu: یَخْنی (yaxnī) — any of various stocks, broths and stews