Etymology

tanya

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Today it means: A diminutive of the female given names Tatiana (from Russian) and Tetyana (from Ukrainian). Full definition →

Hebrew תַּנְיָא ← Aramaic תַּנְיָא
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Tanya · proper noun1

Borrowed in the twentieth century from the Russian pet form Та́ня (Tánja) of Татья́на (Tatʹjána, “Tatiana”).

Tanya · proper noun2

  1. Aramaic · derived fromתַּנְיָא“it was taught [in a Baraita]”
  2. Hebrew · derived fromתַּנְיָא
  3. English todayTanya

From Hebrew תַּנְיָא (tanyā), the first word in the book, from Aramaic תַּנְיָא (tanyā, “it was taught [in a Baraita]”).

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