Etymology
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Borrowed from Aramaic תמרא / ܬܡܪܐ (tamrē), see Arabic تَمْر (tamr).
Pronunciation
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𐩩𐩣𐩧 (tmr)
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1st or 2nd century CE, M 356 RES 3695[1], lines 1–3:𐩥𐩥𐩨𐩡𐩽𐩨𐩣𐩱𐩩𐩣 […] 𐩫𐩡𐩽𐩱𐩫𐩡𐩠 […] 𐩨𐩬𐩫𐩡𐩽𐩱𐩺𐩣𐩽𐩥𐩢𐩨𐩣𐩽𐩥𐩩𐩣𐩧𐩠𐩣 […]- wwbl bmʾtm […] kl ʾklh […] bnkl ʾym wḥbm wtmrhm […]
- there shall be imposed a market-tax on all comestibles […] on everything whatever, both cereals and dates […]