transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈma-nə ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin, from Greek, from Hebrew mān
Date: before 12th century
1.
a. : food miraculously supplied to the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness
b. : divinely supplied spiritual nourishment
c. : a usually sudden and unexpected source of gratification, pleasure, or gain
2.
a. : the sweetish dried exudate of a Eurasian ash (especially Fraxinus ornus ) that contains mannitol and has been used as a laxative and demulcent
b. : a similar product excreted by a scale insect ( Trabutina mannipara ) feeding on the tamarisk