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Where does “מנין” come from?

מנין (Yiddish) comes from Hebrew מנין, from Hebrew מִן אַיִן.

מנין (Yiddish): a minyan

Definitions

  1. a minyan

Ancestry of “מנין”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewמניןdefective spelling of מניין; from where, whence
2Hebrewמִן אַיִן—
Every word from Hebrew מִן אַיִן →