toman

Etymology 1

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

noun

  1. (historical, military) A division of 10,000 men in the Mongolian army.
  2. (historical, numismatics) A Persian money of account or gold coin issued until 1927, notionally worth 10,000 dinars.
    The band-roll strung with tomans Which proves the veil a Persian woman's 1845, Robert Browning, The Flight of the Duchess
  3. (informal, numismatics) An Iranian coin or value of 10 rials.

Etymology 2

From Irish toman (“small hill, hillock”), diminutive of tom (“hill”).

noun

  1. (geography) Synonym of hillock.

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