Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

temkin

/tˈɛmkɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English

Syllables: temkin
IPA: /tˈɛmkɪn/

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Yiddish.

Etymology

Jewish metronymic surname, from a hypocoristic form of the Yiddish personal name תָּמָר (Tomer) (see Tomer) + the Proto-Slavic possessive suffix *-inъ.

Origin

Source language: Yiddish

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

Temkins (plural)

Rhymes With

potemkin

Questions

How do you pronounce temkin?: The recorded pronunciation is /tˈɛmkɪn/.
What does temkin mean?: A surname from Yiddish.
Where does temkin come from?: It is traced to Yiddish.

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