ተመን
Amharic edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Arabic ثَمَن (ṯaman).
Noun edit
ተመን • (tämän)
- price, rate by which something is remunerated for obtaining it
- threshold, compass, limit e.g. of age
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
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))
References edit
- 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 edit
Etymology edit
Probably regularized from Arabic تَنِّين (tannīn).
Noun edit
ተመን • (tämän)