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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mayim

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables
may-im
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A female given name.

name

A female given name.

Etymology

Popularized by U.S. actress Mayim Bialik, Bialik's name originated as a diminutive contraction of Maryam, her grandmother's name. It has been reinterpreted as deriving from Hebrew מים (“water”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Mayims (plural)

Questions

What does mayim mean?
A female given name.
Where does mayim come from?
It is traced to Hebrew.

How to pronounce mayim

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