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tomin

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From Spanish tomín, from Andalusian Arabic ثُمْن (ṯúmn), from Arabic ثُمْن (ṯumn, “one-eighth”), from the root ث م ن (ṯ-m-n). Originally used in reference to it forming one-eighth of a castellano.

noun tomins · tomines

  1. historical A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 0.6 g.
  2. historical A former gold Spanish coin, notionally equivalent to a tomin in weight.
  3. historical A former silver colonial Spanish coin, notionally equivalent to a gold tomin in value.

    Similar: silver tomin

Similar: t, gold tomin

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Similar: t, gold tomin

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noun gold coin

Españoltomín

noun unit of mass

Españoltomín

noun silver coin

Españoltomín

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@misc{tomin_2026,
  title = {tomin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tomin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}