"няня" meaning in Russian

See няня in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈnʲænʲə] Audio: Ru-няня.ogg
Etymology: Since ancient times, from reduplication in children’s speech. The related form ня́нька (njánʹka) was first attested in the 12th century. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|ru|title=children’s speech}} children’s speech Head templates: {{ru-noun+|ня́ня|a=an|dim=ня́нечка|dim2=ня́нька}} ня́ня • (njánja) f anim (genitive ня́ни, nominative plural ня́ни, genitive plural нянь, diminutive ня́нечка or ня́нька) Forms: ня́ня [canonical], njánja [romanization], ня́ни [genitive], ня́ни [nominative, plural], нянь [genitive, plural], ня́нечка [diminutive], ня́нька [diminutive], no-table-tags [table-tags], ня́ня [nominative, singular], ня́ни [nominative, plural], ня́ни [genitive, singular], ня́нь [genitive, plural], ня́не [dative, singular], ня́ням [dative, plural], ня́ню [accusative, singular], ня́нь [accusative, plural], ня́ней [instrumental, singular], ня́нею [instrumental, singular], ня́нями [instrumental, plural], ня́не [prepositional, singular], ня́нях [plural, prepositional]
  1. nurse
    Sense id: en-няня-ru-noun-eB5RFqHh
  2. nanny
    Sense id: en-няня-ru-noun-f2yCawBT Categories (other): Russian entries with incorrect language header, Russian links with redundant alt parameters, Russian links with redundant wikilinks, Russian nouns with accent pattern a, Russian onomatopoeias Disambiguation of Russian entries with incorrect language header: 10 63 27 Disambiguation of Russian links with redundant alt parameters: 13 71 16 Disambiguation of Russian links with redundant wikilinks: 16 66 18 Disambiguation of Russian nouns with accent pattern a: 24 48 28 Disambiguation of Russian onomatopoeias: 28 40 32
  3. babysitter
    Sense id: en-няня-ru-noun-GfcEd4PA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ня́нчить (njánčitʹ), нянчиться (njančitʹsja)
Categories (other): Medicine Disambiguation of Medicine: 0 0 0
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    {
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    },
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      "form": "soft-stem",
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        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "ня́нях",
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      ]
    }
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      },
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    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈnʲænʲə]"
    },
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}
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      "form": "ня́нька",
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      "form": "ня́не",
      "roman": "njáne",
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      "form": "ня́ням",
      "roman": "njánjam",
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    {
      "form": "ня́нь",
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    },
    {
      "form": "ня́ней",
      "roman": "njánej",
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    },
    {
      "form": "ня́нею",
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    },
    {
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    },
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      "form": "ня́не",
      "roman": "njáne",
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    },
    {
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      "roman": "njánjax",
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      },
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "roman": "njánčitʹ",
      "word": "ня́нчить"
    },
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      "roman": "njančitʹsja",
      "word": "нянчиться"
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      "ipa": "[ˈnʲænʲə]"
    },
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      "audio": "Ru-няня.ogg",
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    }
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}

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