# ܬܢܝܢܐ
## Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
### Etymology 1

From Aramaic תַּנִּינָא (tannīnā), from Akkadian 𒆗𒉌𒈾 (danninu, “netherworld; source of earthquakes; the inaccessible land where the dead remain”); compare also found in Arabic تِنِّين (tinnīn), Hebrew תַּנִּין (tanín), Ugaritic 𐎚𐎐𐎐 (tnn), Ge'ez ተመን (tämän), Tigrinya ተመን (tämän) and Amharic ተመን (tämän).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [tanniːnɑː]
* (Nineveh Plains) IPA: [taniːna]

#### Noun

ܬܲܢܝܼܢܵܐ • (tanīnā) m sg (plural ܬܲܢܝܼ̈ܢܹܐ (tanīnē), feminine ܬܲܢܝܼܢܬܵܐ (tanīntā))
* dragon; sea serpent, monster
* (alchemy) spice-box, slender perforated bronze vessel used to hold dry herbs

##### Inflection
#### Proper noun

ܬܲܢܝܼܢܵܐ • (tanīnā) m
* (religion, figuratively) Satan, the Devil
* (astronomy) Draco

### Etymology 2

Derived from the verb ܬܵܢܹܐ (tānē, “to repeat”), itself derived from the number ܬܪܹܝܢ (trēn, “two”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [tɪn.jɑːnɑː]

#### Noun

ܬܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ • (tinyānā) m sg (plural ܬܸܢܝܵܢܹ̈ܐ (tinyānē))
* repetition, iteration, recitation
* citing, recounting
* frequency
    Synonym: ܢܵܘܕܵܐ (nāwdā)

##### Derived terms

* ܬܸܢܝܵܢܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (tinyānūṯā)
* ܬܸܢܝܵܢܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (tinyānāˀīṯ)
* ܬܸܢܝܵܢ ܢܵܡܘܿܣܵܐ (tinyān nāmōsā)

## Classical Syriac
### Etymology 1

From Akkadian 𒆗𒉌𒈾 (danninu, “netherworld; source of earthquakes; the inaccessible land where the dead remain”), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *dnn/*tnn (“to be mighty, to be strong; to be fortified, to be long lasting, to stay at a place; to rumble, to earthquake, to shake with a booming noise”). Also found as Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic תַּנִּינָא (tannīnā), Arabic تِنِّين (tinnīn), Hebrew תַּנִּין (tannīn), Ugaritic 𐎚𐎐𐎐 (tnn), Ge'ez ተመን (tämän), Tigrinya ተመን (tämän), Amharic ተመን (tämän).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tanninɑ] (singular)
* IPA: [tannine] (plural)

#### Noun

ܬܢܝܢܐ • (tannīnā) m (plural ܬܢܝܢܐ (tannīnē))
* dragon, sea serpent, monster
* snake, serpent, adder
* (alchemy) spice-box, slender perforated bronze vessel used to hold dry herbs

##### Inflection
#### Proper noun

ܬܢܝܢܐ • (tannīnā) m
* (religion, figuratively) Satan, the Devil
* (astronomy) Draco

### Etymology 2

From the root ܬ ܢ ܐ related to recounting.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tɛnjɑnɑ] (singular)
* IPA: [tɛnjɑne] (plural)

#### Adjective

ܬܢܝܢܐ • (tenyānā) m (plural ܬܢܝܢܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܬܢܝܢܬܐ)
* second, double
* two-years old

##### Inflection
#### Noun

ܬܢܝܢܐ • (tenyānā) m (plural ܬܢܝܢܐ (tenyānē))
* iteration, repetition, recitation
* citing, recounting
* tale, story
* commemoration
* grandson
* two-year old
* young, offspring
* mate, cellmate
* representative, subprior, second-in-command

##### Inflection
### References

* “tnyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
* “tnyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
* Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pages 394a–b
* Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 616b–617a
* Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 1655b