Etymology

minyen

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Yiddish מנין ← Hebrew מִנְיָן
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  1. Hebrew · derived fromמִנְיָן
  2. Yiddish · borrowed fromמנין
  3. English todayminyen

From Yiddish מנין (minyen), from Hebrew מִנְיָן.

Words from the same roots

Hebrewמִנְיָן all →

minyan

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.