Word
tanya
Phoneticstanya
/ˈtɑnjə/
Definitions
01female name
n. a common name for a woman or girl.
n. a female given name, originally a diminutive of the Russian name Tatiana.
“My friend Tanya is coming over for dinner tonight.”
“The name Tanya gained significant popularity in English-speaking countries during the mid-twentieth century as a standalone given name.”
02religious text
n. an important book of Jewish philosophy in the Chabad movement.
n. the primary work of Chabad Hasidic philosophy, formally titled Likkutei Amarim, authored by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi.
“He spent the morning studying a chapter of the Tanya.”
“Scholars of Jewish mysticism often analyze the Tanya to understand the psychological and spiritual framework of early Hasidism.”
Technical
Etymology
Borrowed in the twentieth century from the Russian pet form Та́ня (Tánja) of Татья́на (Tatʹjána, “Tatiana”).
From Hebrew תַּנְיָא (tanyā), the first word in the book, from Aramaic תַּנְיָא (tanyā, “it was taught [in a Baraita]”).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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