Tanya

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

• Tania, Taniya

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑːnjə/, /ˈtænjə/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑnjə/
• Rhymes: (UK) -ɑːnjə, (UK) -ænjə, (US) -ɑnjə

Tanya

1. A diminutive of the female given names Tatiana (from Russian) or Tetyana (from Ukrainian).
   • 1989, Alice Walker, The Temple of My Familiar, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, →ISBN, 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.”

Usually spelled Tania in the UK and Tanya in the US.

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

Tanya

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

• Tanay, Yanta, natya

From English Tanya, from Russian pet form Та́ня (Tánja) of Татья́на (Tatʹjána, “Tatiana”).

Tanya

1. a female given name from English [in turn from Russian]