Tanya

== English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed in the twentieth century from the Russian pet form Та́ня (Tánja) of Татья́на (Tatʹjána, “Tatiana”). ==== Alternative forms ==== Tania, Taniya ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɑːnjə/, /ˈtænjə/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɑnjə/ Rhymes: (UK) -ɑːnjə, (UK) -ænjə, (US) -ɑnjə ==== Proper noun ==== Tanya A diminutive of the female given names Tatiana (from Russian) or Tetyana (from Ukrainian). ===== Usage notes ===== Usually spelled Tania in the UK and Tanya in the US. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Hebrew תַּנְיָא (tanyā), the first word in the book, from Aramaic תַּנְיָא (tanyā, “it was taught [in a Baraita]”). ==== Proper noun ==== Tanya the main work of Chabad Hassidic philosophy, formally called Likkutei Amarim, written by Shneur Zalman of Liadi, first published in 1797 === Anagrams === Tanay, Yanta, natya == Cebuano == === Etymology === From English Tanya, from Russian pet form Та́ня (Tánja) of Татья́на (Tatʹjána, “Tatiana”). === Proper noun === Tanya a female given name from English [in turn from Russian]