تمن

Arabic

Etymology 1

Noun

تَمَنٍّ • (tamannin) m (construct state تَمَنِّي (tamannī))

1. verbal noun of تَمَنَّى (tamannā) (form V)

Declension

Etymology 2

Verb

تَمُنُّ • (tamunnu) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative of مَنَّ (manna)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative of مَنَّ (manna)

Verb

تَمُنَّ • (tamunna) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive of مَنَّ (manna)
2. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive of مَنَّ (manna)
3. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive of مَنَّ (manna)
4. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive of مَنَّ (manna)

Verb

تَمُنِّ • (tamunni) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive of مَنَّ (manna)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive of مَنَّ (manna)

Etymology 3

Verb

تَمَنَّ • (tamanna) (form V)

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of تَمَنَّى (tamannā)

Iraqi Arabic

Etymology

Uncertain. The word is also found in Najdi Arabic as تمن (tamn, tamman). Iraqi folk etymology derives it from English ten men, supposedly written on cans used by the British armed forces during the Mesopotamian campaign of World War I (or similar anecdotes). This fanciful theory is definitely ruled out by the fact that the word was mentioned by Carlo Guarmani in his Il Neged settentrionale (Jerusalem, 1866, p. 71). Some scholars link it per metathesis with Biblical Hebrew מנית (minnīṯ), an obscure word usually considered a place name, which in Ezekiel 27:17, however, was also interpreted by the Rabbinic tradition as “rice”. This word is further compared to certain Dravidian forms like Kurukh (maṇḍi, “unpeeled rice”). The Iraqi form is also phonetically similar to Burmese ထမင်း (hta.mang:, “cooked rice”), though this may be coincidental.

Noun

تمن (timman) m

1. rice

Mazanderani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təmən/

Noun

تمن (temen)

1. time

   خیل تمن

   xēl temen

   long time

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic ثُمُن (ṯumun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tumn/,

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Noun

تمن • (tumn) m (plural تمان (tmān) or أتمان (ʾatmān))

1. eighth (fraction)

Etymology 2

From Arabic ثَمَانٍ (ṯamānin), feminine of ثَمَانِيَة (ṯamāniya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.man/,

Numeral

تمن • (taman)

1. construct state of تمانية (tamanye)