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Tanya¹

  • /ˈtɑːnjə/ UK
  • /ˈtænjə/ UK
  • /ˈtɑnjə/ US

Rhymes with (UK) -ɑːnjə, (UK) -ænjə, (US) -ɑnjə

Where it comes from

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

proper noun Tania · Taniya · Tanja

  1. A diminutive of the female given names Tatiana (from Russian) and 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 c

Tanya²

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

  1. the main work of Chabad Hassidic philosophy, formally called Likkutei Amarim, written by Shneur Zalman of Liadi, first published in 1797

tanya³

noun

  1. alternative Alternative form of tania (“new cocoyam or taro”).

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: tania, weeks, tatiana, tash, tasha, tonya, taniya, tiana, katia, tana, tasmina, tina, anastatia, tabby, natalya, tato

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"tanya." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tanya. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

tanya. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tanya

Chicago

"tanya." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tanya.

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@misc{tanya_2026,
  title = {tanya},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tanya},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}