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toman¹

  • /ˈtʊmən/
  • /toʊˈmɑːn/
  • /ˈtʌmən/

Rhymes with -ʊmən, -ʌmən

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Classical Persian تومان (tōman), from Mongolian түмэн (tümen).

noun tomans · tumen · tomaun · tomin · touman

  1. historical A division of 10,000 men in the Mongolian army.
  2. historical A Persian money of account or gold coin issued until 1927, notionally worth 10,000 dinars. The band-roll strung with tomans Which proves the veil a Persian woman's
  3. informal An Iranian coin or value of 10 rials.

Similar: myriarchy

toman²

  • /ˈtoʊmən/

Where it comes from

From Irish toman (“small hill, hillock”), diminutive of tom (“hill”).

noun tomans

  1. Synonym of hillock.

    Similar: hillock

Toman³

Where it comes from

Two main origins:

* Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Toman, a hypocoristic form of the personal name Tomáš.

* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Tuamáin (“descendant of Tuamán”), a diminutive of tuama (“grave, tomb, burial mound”).

proper noun Tomans

  1. A surname.

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noun

Similar: myriarchy

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noun a division of 10,000 men in the Mongolian army

Españoltumen
中文萬戶 /万户 wànhù
Русскийтумен tumen

noun currency in Iran

한국어토만 toman
日本語トマン toman
हिन्दीतोमान tomān
Françaistoman
Ελληνικάτομάν tomán
Русскийтума́н tumán, тома́н tomán
العربيةتُومَان tūmān

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@misc{toman_2026,
  title = {toman},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/toman},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}