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tamas¹

Where it comes from

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit तमस् (támas, “darkness”).

noun

  1. uncountable One of the three gunas in Hindu philosophy, representing things that are inert, resistant, or dark and destructive.

Tamas²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Hungarian Tamás.

proper noun Tamases

  1. A surname from Hungarian.

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"tamas." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tamas. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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tamas. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tamas

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"tamas." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tamas.

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@misc{tamas_2026,
  title = {tamas},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tamas},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}