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Tanya

//ˈtɑnjə// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A diminutive of the female given names Tatiana (from Russian) or Tetyana (from Ukrainian).

    "“Did Tanya... why, by the way, was she named Tanya? It's not a Southern name, is it?” “No,” said Fanny, “it's as Russian as Vladimir. But only a few people ever pronounced it correctly. I always did. Most people said ‘Tan-ya’, like the color tan. She and her mother hated it when that happened, and complained. I suggested they replace the a in Tan with an o, but they preferred to make a lifelong habit of correcting people.”"

  2. 2
    the main work of Chabad Hassidic philosophy, formally called Likkutei Amarim, written by Shneur Zalman of Liadi, first published in 1797
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of tania (“new cocoyam or taro”). alt-of, alternative

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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