تماما

Arabic

Root
ت م م (t-m-m)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.maː.man/

Adverb

تَمَامًا • (tamāman)

1. completely
2. exactly

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) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.mɑː.män]

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

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

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

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