ተመን

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Amharic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic ثَمَن (ṯaman).

Noun[edit]

ተመን (tämän)

  1. price, rate by which something is remunerated for obtaining it
  2. threshold, compass, limit e.g. of age

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

ተመን (tämän) (rare)

  1. snake

References[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably regularized from Arabic تَنِّين (tannīn).

Noun[edit]

ተመን (tämän) (plural ተመናት (tämänat), and አትማን (ʾätman))

  1. snake

References[edit]

Tigrinya[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably regularized from Arabic تَنِّين (tannīn).

Noun[edit]

ተመን (tämän)

  1. snake