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

  • Kane, Thomas Leiper (1990), Amharic-English Dictionary (in Amharic and English), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 962a
  • Leslau, Wolf (1987), “ተመን”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, reprinted 1991, 1997 and 2006 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

Tigrinya

Etymology

Probably regularized from Arabic تَنِّين (tannīn).

Noun

ተመን • (tämän)

  1. snake