minah
/ˈmaɪnə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.53 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative spelling of myna.
name
A female given name from Arabic.
Example Sentences
- "Yati feels she is lucky to get - and hold - a factory job, though it has earned her the title of "Minah Karan"."
- "Among the ah bengs and ah lians, the mats and the minahs, the young expats and the backpackers, he stood out like a dozen guys on a male-only dance floor singing Dancing Queen (I'll never forgive Blur for ruining my 21st birthday)."
- "“People thought I was a minah and that I would not make it but I did,” she says, using the colloquial term to describe rowdy Malay girls without drive or ambition."
- "Hirzi said of their significance: “People watched the Minahs for entertainment, but there was also a lot (more) to the videos... When we were vulnerable, the characters, especially the Minahs, picked us up.”"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: मैना, مینا, मदन