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