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Aramaic
Etymology
Related to מְנָא (mənā, “to count, to number”). Cognate with Biblical Hebrew מָנֶה (māne).
Noun
מָנְיָא • (manyā) m (absolute מְנֵא (mənē))
- mina
Tanach, Daniel 5:25-26, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:וּדְנָה כְתָבָא דִּי רְשִׁים מְנֵא מְנֵא תְּקֵל וּפַרְסִין׃ דְּנָה פְּשַׁר־מִלְּתָא מְנֵא מְנָה־אֱלָהָא מַלְכוּתָךְ וְהַשְׁלְמַהּ׃- ūḏənā ḵəṯāḇā dī rəšīm mənē mənē təqēl ūp̄arsīn. dənā pəšar-milləṯā mənē mənā-ʾĕlāhā malḵūṯāḵ wəhašləmah.
- And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE MENE, TEKEL UPHARSIN . This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE , God hath numbered thy kingdom, and brought it to an end.