Wani may refer to: *

Vani (custom) Vani ( ur, ونی), or Swara (), is a custom found in parts of Pakistan where girls, often minors, are given in marriage or servitude to an aggrieved family as compensation to end disputes, often murder.cf. e.g. '' Samar Minallah v. Federation of P ...

, a child marriage custom in tribal areas of Pakistan * Wani (dragon), a Japanese dragon translated as "sea monster", "crocodile", or "shark" * Wani (scholar), a legendary scholar, sent from Korea to Japan during the reign of Emperor Ōjin *

Wani (surname) Wani/Vani (or Wanie, Wyne, Wain) is a surname of a caste found throughout India and Pakistan, especially in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab (Pakistan) and Maharashtra. Both Wain (pronounced like wine with a nasal 'n') and Wani/Vani are acceptable pronu ...

, Kashmiri surname * Wani (Vidhan Sabha constituency), constituency of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha * Wani Books, Japanese publishing company *

Wani Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Lines Wani Station is served by the Kosei Line, and is from the starting point of the line at and from ...

, train station in Ōtsu, Shiga, Japan * Wani, Yavatmal, a city and a municipal council in Yavatmal district in the Indian state of Maharashtra *''

Mangifera caesia ''Mangifera caesia'' is a species of flowering plant in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae. Known in English as jack or white mango, among other names. It belongs to the same genus as the mango and is widely cultivated in areas of Indonesia, Malays ...

'', ''wani'', an Indonesian term for the fruit, that resembles the mango but with white flesh *

, surname in India (

Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir may refer to: * Kashmir, the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent * Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory * Jammu and Kashmir (state), a region administered ...

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Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...

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WANI Wani may refer to: *Vani (custom), a child marriage custom in tribal areas of Pakistan *Wani (dragon), a Japanese dragon translated as "sea monster", "crocodile", or "shark" *Wani (scholar), a legendary scholar, sent from Korea to Japan during the ...

, an American radio station

People with the name

* Altaf Wani, scientist *

Altaf Ahmad Wani Altaf Ahmad Wani, also known as Altaf Kuloo, (born 1972) is an Indian politician who is a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly representing the constituency of Pahalgam. He is the only son of Ghulam Rasool Wani, Engineer-turned ...

(born 1974), Kashmiri politician *

Ashfaq Majeed Wani Ashfaq Majeed Wani (5 September 1966 – 30 March 1990) was the first Commander in Chief of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front, a militant Kashmiri-separatist group in Jammu and Kashmir, India. He was killed by Indian Paramilitary Forces in 19 ...

(1966–1990), Kashmiri separatist * Augustino Jadalla Wani, South Sudanese politician * Burhan Wani (1994–2016), commander of a Kashmiri militant group Hizbul Mujahideen * Ghulam Nabi Wani (1916–1981), politician from Jammu and Kashmir *

Ghulam Qadir Wani Ghulam Qadir Wani (11 March 1953 – 4 November 1998) was a Kashmiri scholar and diplomat. Early life Wani was born in a middle-class family in Arin in north Kashmir's township of Bandipore. He was a product of Jamaat-e-Islami. As early as ...

(1953–1998), Kashmiri scholar and diplomat *

Jagannath Wani Jagannath Wani (10 September 1934–5 May 2017) was an Indo-Canadian statistician and philanthropist. A Professor Emeritus of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of Calgary, his philanthropic work in Canada has focused on men ...

(1934–2017), Indo-Canadian statistician and philanthropist * Mansukh C. Wani, Indo–American chemist * Mohan R. Wani (born 1965), Indian cell biologist * Nasir Aslam Wani (born 1964), Kashmiri politician *

Rangnath Wani Rangnath Wani ( mr, रंगनाथ वाणी) is an Indian politician and member of the Shiv Sena. He was elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for three consecutive terms from 1999 to 2014 from the Vaijapur Vidhan Sabha const ...

, Indian politician from Maharashtra *

Wani Ardy Wani Ardy (born Nur Syazwani Abd Rahim; 25 October 1984) is a Malaysian creative writer, poet, and singer-songwriter. She identifies her music as trip hop, lyrical poetry, and acoustic music. Background Wani was born as Nur Syazwani binti Abd ...

(born 1984), Malaysian writer

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