ተመን

Amharic

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic ثَمَن (ṯaman).

Noun

ተመን • (tämän)

1. price, rate by which something is remunerated for obtaining it
2. threshold, compass, limit e.g. of age

Etymology 2

Noun

ተመን • (tämän) (rare)

1. snake

References

• 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

Etymology

Probably regularized from Arabic تَنِّين (tannīn).

Noun

ተመን • (tämän) (plural ተመናት (tämänat), and አትማን (ʾätman))

1. snake

References

• 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

Etymology

Probably regularized from Arabic تَنِّين (tannīn).

Noun

ተመን • (tämän)

1. snake