toman
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Classical Persian تومان (tōman), from Mongolian түмэн (tümen).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʊmən/, /toʊˈmɑːn/, /ˈtʌmən/
- Rhymes: -ʊmən
Noun
toman (plural tomans)
- (historical, military) A division of 10,000 men in the Mongolian army.
- (historical, numismatics) A Persian money of account or gold coin issued until 1927, notionally worth 10,000 dinars.
- 1845, Robert Browning, The Flight of the Duchess:
- The band-roll strung with tomans
Which proves the veil a Persian woman's
- (informal, numismatics) An Iranian coin or value of 10 rials.
Synonyms
- (unit): myriarchy
Hyponyms
Translations
a division of 10,000 men in the Mongolian army
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currency in Iran
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtoʊmən/
References
- "toman, n.¹" and "n.²", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Asturian
Galician
Romanian
References
- toman in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Spanish
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