ня́ня

fairly common #4041

nounfeminineanimatecountable

1.
nanny, babysitter, nursemaid, childminder
Мы на́няли ня́ню для мла́дшего сы́на.
We hired a nanny for our youngest son.
The usual word for a hired carer of small children; also used affectionately of an old family nurse.
2.
nursing assistant, auxiliary nurse, carermedicine
Ня́ня помога́ла больным после опера́ции.
The auxiliary nurse looked after the patients after their operations.
Of hospital staff who wash and feed patients rather than of qualified nurses.

Examples

Ня́ня пыта́лась петь ребёнку, чтобы он усну́л.
The babysitter tried to sing the baby to sleep.
Она нанялась няней в богатую семью.
She got a job as a nanny with a wealthy family.
Няня, нанимаемая соседями, приходит каждый день.
The nanny hired by the neighbors comes every day.
Няня, спеленавшая младенца, положила его в кроватку.
The nanny who had swaddled the baby laid it in the crib.
Няня умеет быстро спеленать ребёнка.
The nanny knows how to swaddle a baby quickly.
В подростковом во́зрасте Мэри рабо́тала ня́ней.
Mary worked as a babysitter when she was a teenager.
Няня, переодевающая малыша, тихо напевала песенку.
The nanny, changing the baby's clothes, quietly hummed a song.
В тече́ние дня он с ня́ней.
During the day, he is with a nanny.