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ani

/ˈɑː.ni/

ani noun: any bird of the genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family. Also the plural of anus.

ani: any bird of the genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family
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Noun (1)

ani (plural anis)

  1. Any bird of the genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family.

Noun (2) capitalized: ANI

ANI (uncountable)

  1. (US, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of automatic number identification.
  2. (abbreviation, countable, initialism, artificial intelligence) Initialism of artificial narrow intelligence.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: ANI

ANI

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Ani

Ani

  1. a ruined medieval Armenian city-site in the Turkish province of Kars near the border with Armenia.

Also used as

ani is also the plural of anus.

ani meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Telugu

ani in Hindi

अनी

ani in Marathi

अनी

ani in Urdu

انی

ani in Telugu

అనీ
More languagesFewer languages
ani in Malayalam
അനി
ani in Kannada
ಅನಿ, ಅನೀ
ani in Punjabi
ਅਨੀ
ani in Gujarati
અની
ani in Odia
ଅନି, ଅନୀ
ani in Nepali
अनी

Forms of ani

pluralanis

Plural of ani: anis

Origin of ani

Borrowed from Portuguese ani or Spanish aní, both from Old Tupi any.

From Armenian Անի (Ani).

Words formed from ani

  • greater ani
  • smooth-billed ani
  • groove-billed ani

Phrases with ani

Words that rhyme with ani

Questions about ani

What does ani mean?
Ani means any bird of the genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family.
What is ani in Hindi?
Ani in Hindi is अनी. See Ani meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is ani?
Ani can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce ani?
Ani is pronounced /ˈɑː.ni/.
What is the plural of ani?
The plural of ani is anis.

Words near ani in the dictionary

  1. anhysteretic
  2. anhyzer
  3. anhyzered
  4. anhyzering
  5. anhyzers
  6. ani
  7. ani-deshi
  8. aniacinamidosis
  9. aniacinosis
  10. Aniakchak
  11. Anian

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ani (page history and authors); ANI (page history and authors); Ani (page history and authors); ani (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ani (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ani (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ani (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ani (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ani (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ani (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ani (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ani (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ani (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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