English

Proper noun

Tanya

1. A female given name.
   • 1989 Alice Walker, The Temple of My Familiar, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ISBN 0151885338, page 298:

     "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. - - -

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 beraita]”)

Proper noun

Tanya

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

Hungarian

Noun

tanya ‎(plural tanyák)

1. detached farm (-stead)
2. nest, abode, haunt, den (dwelling place)

Declension

Derived terms

• bagolytanya

Indonesian

Noun

tanya

1. question

Derived terms

• bertanya to ask
• menanyai to question
• pertanyaan a question