Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

toman

/ˈtʊmən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English

Syllables: toman
IPA: /ˈtʊmən/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A division of 10,000 men in the Mongolian army.

noun

A Persian money of account or gold coin issued until 1927, notionally worth 10,000 dinars.

noun

An Iranian coin or value of 10 rials.

Informal

noun

Synonym of hillock.

name

Example Sentences

"The band-roll strung with tomans Which proves the veil a Persian woman's"

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تومان (tōman), from Mongolian түмэн (tümen).

Origin

Source language: Czech

Word Breakdown

Root: تومان, түмэн, -, Toman, Ó Tuamáin

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

tomans (plural) tumen (alternative) tomaun (alternative) tomin (alternative) touman (alternative)

Synonyms

hillock myriarchy

Rhymes With

roman abdomen bowman omen greco-roman showman yeoman stroman coman homan businesswomen loman

Questions

How do you pronounce toman?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtʊmən/.
What does toman mean?: A division of 10,000 men in the Mongolian army.
Where does toman come from?: It is traced to Czech.

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