tomín
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See also: tomin
Spanish
Etymology
From Andalusian Arabic ثُمْن (ṯúmn), from Arabic ثُمْن (ṯumn, “one-eighth”), from the root ن (n) م (m) ث (ṯ-m-n). Originally used in reference to it forming one-eighth of a castellano. Doublet of azumbre and celemín.
Pronunciation
Noun
tomín m (plural tomines)
- (historical) tomin (a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 0.6 g)
- (historical) tomin (a former gold Spanish coin notionally equivalent to a tomin of gold)
- Synonym: (abbreviation) t
- (historical) tomin (a former silver colonial Spanish coin notionally equivalent in value to the gold tomin)
Coordinate terms
- (unit of mass): grano (1⁄12 tomín), escrúpulo (2 tomines), adarme (3 tomines), ochava (6 tomines), castellano (8 tomines), onza (48 tomines)
- (gold coin): adarme (3 tomines), castellano (8 tomines)
Descendants
Further reading
- “tomín”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10