Where does “tümən” come from?

tümən (Azerbaijani) comes from Persian تومان, from Mongolian түмэн, from Proto-Turkic *tümen, from Middle Chinese 萬.

tümən (Azerbaijani): ten thousand

Definitions

  1. ten thousand

Ancestry of “tümən”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianتومانtoman, a former unit of currency of Iran; toman,...
2Mongolianтүмэнten thousand
3Proto-Turkic*tümenA countless number or multitude (of specified things), a myriad
4Middle Chinese萬—
Every word from Middle Chinese 萬 →Every word from Proto-Turkic *tümen →Every word from Mongolian түмэн →