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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA diminutive of the female given name Maryam. · A female given name from Hebrew.
Popularized by U.S. actress Mayim Bialik, Bialik's name originated as a diminutive contraction of Maryam, her grandmother's name. It has been reinterpreted as deriving from Hebrew מים (“water”).
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- Derivation mentionמיםhe
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