تماما

Arabic

Etymology

Adverbial accusative of تَمَام‎ (tamām, “complete, perfect”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.maː.man/

Adverb

تَمَامًا • (tamāman)

1. completely

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: tamamən
• → Chagatai: تماما‎
  • Uyghur: تامامەن‎ (tamamen)
  • Uzbek: tamoman
• → Ottoman Turkish: تماماً‎ (tamâmen)
  • Turkish: tamamen
• → Persian: تماماً‎ (tamâman)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَمَامًا‎ (tamāman), adverbial accusative of تَمَام‎ (tamām).

Adverb

تماماً • (tamâmen)

1. completely

Descendants

• Turkish: tamamen

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَمَامًا‎ (tamāman), adverbial accusative of Arabic تَمَام‎ (tamām, “complete”). By surface analysis, تمام‎ (tamâm, “complete”) +‎ ـاً‎ (-an).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ta.mɑː.man]

 

• (Dari, formal/KBL) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.mɑː.män]

• (Dari, formal/KBL) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.mɑː.män]
  • (Hazaragi/approx.) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.mɔː.män]

• (Iran, formal/TEH) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.mɒː.mæn]

• (Tajik, formal/DUS) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.mɔ.män]

• Phonetic Persian:

Traditional: [تَمامَن]‎

Iranian: [تَمامَن]‎

Readings
Classical reading?	tamāman
Dari reading?	tamāman
Iranian reading?	tamâman
Tajik reading?	tamoman

Adverb

Dari	تماما
Iranian Persian
Tajik	тамоман

تماماً • (tamâman)

1. completely

Related terms

• تمام‎ (tamâm)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “تماما”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim