name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Alternative spelling of myna. alt-of, alternative
2. 2
   A Malay girl. Singapore, colloquial, derogatory

   "Yati feels she is lucky to get - and hold - a factory job, though it has earned her the title of "Minah Karan"."

3. 3
   tropical Asian starlings wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A female given name from Arabic.

Synonyms

All synonyms

minamynamynamyna birdmynahmynah bird

Example

More examples

"Yati feels she is lucky to get - and hold - a factory job, though it has earned her the title of "Minah Karan"."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hindi मैना (mainā)/Urdu مینا (mainā), from Sanskrit मदन (madana).

Etymology 2

Derived from Malay name Aminah.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.