ثمن

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ثمن¹

  • /θa.man/
  • /ta.man/ Moroccan

Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek τίμημα (tímēma), from τιμή (timḗ), from τῑ́ω (tī́ō), leveled to the root ث م ن (ṯ m n); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- (“value, honor”). Compare Classical Syriac ܛܝܼܡܵܐ (ṭīmā, “price, value”) and Jewish Literary Aramaic תמא (tmˀ, “duty, tax, fee”); for more see τιμή (timí) and τῑμάω (tīmáō).

noun ثَمَن · ṯaman · أَثْمَان · أَثْمِنَة · أَثْمُن

  1. countable a price وَشَرَوْهُ بِثَمَنٍ بَخْسٍ دَرَاهِمَ مَعْدُودَةٍ

    Similar: سِعْر, قِيمَة

ثمن²

  • /θu.mun/
  • /θumn/
  • /tu.mun/ Morocco

Where it comes from

From the root ث م ن (ṯ m n); compare ثَمَانِيَة (ṯamāniya, “eight”).

noun ثُمُن · ثُمْن · ṯumun · ṯumn · أَثْمَان

  1. countable an eighth

ثمن³

verb ثَمُنَ · ṯamuna · يَثْمُنُ · ثَمَانَة · ثَمِين

  1. intransitive to be or become valuable; to appreciate

ثمن⁴

verb ثَمَّنَ · ṯammana · يُثَمِّنُ · تَثْمِين · مُثَمِّن

  1. transitive to try to assess the price or value of, to value; to evaluate; to appreciate
  2. transitive to deem valuable, to value, to appreciate
  3. transitive to divide into eight parts

In English

  • eighth one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • price cost required to gain possession of something
  • octant nautical instrument

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {ثمن},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AB%D9%85%D9%86},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

The meanings are in English: this language's words come from the English Wiktionary. From Wiktionary, the free dictionary, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Recordings from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own free license: Ar-ثمن.ogg.