Etymology

ma nishtana

Today it means: The four questions sung during Passover seder. Full definition →

Hebrew מַה נִּשְׁתַּנָּה
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromמַה נִּשְׁתַּנָּה“Why is it different?”
  2. English todayMa Nishtana

From Hebrew מַה נִּשְׁתַּנָּה (“Why is it different?”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.