taman

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See also: tämän

Chuukese

Adjective

taman

  1. long

Noun

taman

  1. length

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay taman, possibly from Persian چمن (čaman, lawn, meadow, orchard).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈta.man]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧man

Noun

taman (first-person possessive tamanku, second-person possessive tamanmu, third-person possessive tamannya)

  1. park

Derived terms

Further reading


Malay

Etymology

Possibly from Persian چمن (čaman, lawn, meadow, orchard).

Noun

taman (plural taman-taman, informal 1st possessive tamanku, 2nd possessive tamanmu, 3rd possessive tamannya)

  1. park, garden

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *tьmьnъ. Synchronically from táma (darkness). Cognates include Czech tmavý.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tǎːman/
  • Hyphenation: ta‧man

Adjective

támān (Cyrillic spelling та́ма̄н, definite tȃmnī, comparative tamniji)

  1. dark, gloomy, dim
Declension

Antonyms

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ottoman Turkish تمام (tamam), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic تَمَام (tamām).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tǎmaːn/
  • Hyphenation: ta‧man

Adverb

tàmān (Cyrillic spelling та̀ма̄н)

  1. just
    Taman sam to hteo da kažem/Taman sam to htio reći.
    I just wanted to say that!
  2. just right, fitting, appropriate
    Ta haljina ti je taman!
    That dress is just right!
  3. (dated) even, even if
    Napraviti ću to, taman da mi kožu oderu!
    I will do it, even if they flay my skin off.
Synonyms