tanna

American  

[tah-nah, tah-nah] / tɑˈnɑ, ˈtɑ nɑ /

noun

(often initial capital letter)

plural

tannaim

1. one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in Palestine during the 1st and 2nd centuries a.d., whose teachings are found chiefly in the Mishnah.

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Other Word Forms

• tannaitic adjective

Etymology

Origin of tanna

First recorded in 1725–30; < Hebrew tannā “teacher,” from Aramaic tĕnā “to repeat, learn, teach”