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In some senses, minah is marked as derogatory, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
minah
/ˈmaɪnə/
noun 2name 1
Collocations
1MINAH + NOUN
karan
Definitions
noun
1
Alternative spelling of myna.
noun
1
A Malay girl.
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).
name
1
A female given name from Arabic.
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Synonyms
noun — tropical Asian starlings
- myna
- mynah
- mina
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Yati feels she is lucky to get - and hold - a factory job, though it has earned her the title of "Minah Karan".
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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
Wiktionary03
“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.
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