Tamas

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One of the three gunas in Hindu philosophy, representing things that are inert, resistant, or dark and destructive. uncountable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Hungarian.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit तमस् (támas, “darkness”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hungarian Tamás.

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