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ثمن

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See also: تمن

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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From Ancient Greek τίμημα (tímēma), from τιμή (timḗ), from τῑ́ω (tī́ō), leveled to the root ث م ن (ṯ-m-n); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- (value, honor). Compare Classical Syriac ܛܝܼܡܵܐ (ṭīmā, price, value) and Jewish Literary Aramaic תמא (tmˀ, duty, tax, fee); for more see τιμή (timí) and τῑμάω (tīmáō).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /θa.man/
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Noun

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ثَمَن (ṯamanm (plural أَثْمَان (ʔaṯmān) or أَثْمِنَة (ʔaṯmina) or أَثْمُن (ʔaṯmun))

  1. (countable) a price
    Synonyms: سِعْر (siʕr), قِيمَة (qīma)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:20:
      وَشَرَوْهُ بِثَمَنٍ بَخْسٍ دَرَاهِمَ مَعْدُودَةٍ
      wašarawhu biṯamanin baḵsin darāhima maʕdūdatin
      And they sold him for cheap, [merely] a few pennies.
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  • Swahili: thamani

Etymology 2

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Arabic numbers (edit)
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9  → 
    Cardinal: ثَمَانِيَة (ṯamāniya)
    Ordinal: ثَامِن (ṯāmin)
    Multiplier: ثُمَانِيّ (ṯumāniyy), مُثَمَّن (muṯamman)
    Distributive: ثُمَانَ (ṯumāna)
    Fractional: ثُمُن (ṯumun), ثُمْن (ṯumn)

From the root ث م ن (ṯ-m-n); compare ثَمَانِيَة (ṯamāniya, eight).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ثُمُن or ثُمْن (ṯumun or ṯumnm (plural أَثْمَان (ʔaṯmān))

  1. (countable) an eighth
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Etymology 3

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Verb

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ثَمُنَ (ṯamuna) I (non-past يَثْمُنُ (yaṯmunu), verbal noun ثَمَانَة (ṯamāna))

  1. (intransitive) to be or become valuable; to appreciate
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Etymology 4

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Verb

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ثَمَّنَ (ṯammana) II (non-past يُثَمِّنُ (yuṯamminu), verbal noun تَثْمِين (taṯmīn))

  1. (transitive) to set or fix the price of, to price
    1. (transitive) to try to assess the price or value of, to value; to evaluate; to appreciate
    2. (transitive) to deem valuable, to value, to appreciate
  2. (transitive) to divide into eight parts
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