name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
toman
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Pronunciation
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/ˈtʊmən/
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/toʊˈmɑːn/
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noun
Meaning 2
A division of 10,000 men in the Mongolian army.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
Meaning 3
A Persian money of account or gold coin issued until 1927, notionally worth 10,000 dinars.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, numismatics
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noun
Meaning 4
An Iranian coin or value of 10 rials.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, numismatics
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noun
Meaning 5
Synonym of hillock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: hillock
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History
Etymology
Two main origins: * Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Toman, a hypocoristic form of the personal name Tomáš. * Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Tuamáin (“descendant of Tuamán”), a diminutive of tuama (“grave, tomb, burial mound”).
Borrowed from Classical Persian تومان (tōman), from Mongolian түмэн (tümen).
From Irish toman (“small hill, hillock”), diminutive of tom (“hill”).
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: тумен (tumen) — a division of 10,000 men in the Mongolian army
- Chinese Mandarin: 萬戶 /万户 (wànhù) — a division of 10,000 men in the Mongolian army
- Mongolian: түмэн (tümen) — a division of 10,000 men in the Mongolian army
- Mongolian: ᠲᠦᠮᠡᠨ (tümen) — a division of 10,000 men in the Mongolian army
- Polish: toman — a division of 10,000 men in the Mongolian army
- Russian: тумен (tumen) — a division of 10,000 men in the Mongolian army
- Spanish: tumen — a division of 10,000 men in the Mongolian army
- Ukrainian: тумен (tumen) — a division of 10,000 men in the Mongolian army
- Arabic: تُومَان (tūmān) — currency in Iran
- Armenian: թուման (tʻuman) — currency in Iran
- Azerbaijani: tümən — currency in Iran
- Bulgarian: туман (tuman) — currency in Iran
- Bulgarian: томан (toman) — currency in Iran
- Greek: τομάν (tomán) — currency in Iran
- Hindi: तोमान (tomān) — currency in Iran
- Japanese: トマン (toman) — currency in Iran
- Korean: 토만 (toman) — currency in Iran
- Northern Kurdish: tîmen — currency in Iran
- Northern Kurdish: tûmen — currency in Iran
- Pashto: تومان (tūmãn) — currency in Iran
- Persian: تومان (tumân) — currency in Iran
- Polish: toman — currency in Iran
- Russian: тума́н (tumán) — currency in Iran
- Russian: тома́н (tomán) — currency in Iran
- Tajik: тумон (tumon) — currency in Iran
- Turkish: tümen — currency in Iran
- Turkish: tomen — currency in Iran