ተመን

Amharic

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic ثَمَن‎ (ṯaman).

Noun

ተመን • (tämän)

price, rate by which something is remunerated for obtaining it
threshold, compass, limit e.g. of age

Noun

ተመን • (tämän) (rare)

snake

References

Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 962a
Leslau, Wolf (1991), “ተመን”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN mentions it for Amharic

Ge'ez

Etymology

Probably regularized from Arabic تَنِّين‎ (tannīn).

Noun

ተመን • (tämän) (plural ተመናት (tämänat), and አትማን (ʾätman))

snake

References

Dillmann, August (1865), “ተመን”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 555
Leslau, Wolf (1991), “ተመን”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN

Tigrinya

Etymology

Probably regularized from Arabic تَنِّين‎ (tannīn).

Noun

ተመን • (tämän)

snake

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