ተመን
Amharic
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Arabic ثَمَن (ṯaman).
Noun
ተመን • (tämän)
- price, rate by which something is remunerated for obtaining it
- threshold, compass, limit e.g. of age
Etymology 2
Noun
ተመን • (tämän) (rare)
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 962a
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) “ተመን”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN mentions it for Amharic
Ge'ez
Etymology
Probably regularized from Arabic تَنِّين (tannīn).
Noun
ተመን • (tämän) (plural ተመናት (tämänat), and አትማን (ʾätman))
References
- Dillmann, August (1865) “ተመን”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 555
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) “ተመን”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
Tigrinya
Etymology
Probably regularized from Arabic تَنِّين (tannīn).
Noun
ተመን • (tämän)