Tomin

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 0.6 g. historical
  2. 2
    A former gold Spanish coin, notionally equivalent to a tomin in weight. historical
  3. 3
    A former silver colonial Spanish coin, notionally equivalent to a gold tomin in value. historical

Synonyms

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gold tominsilver tomint

Etymology

From Spanish tomín, from Andalusian Arabic ثُمْن (ṯúmn), from Arabic ثُمْن (ṯumn, “one-eighth”), from the root ن (n) م (m) ث (ṯ-m-n). Originally used in reference to it forming one-eighth of a castellano.

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