Where does “tamas” come from?
tamas (English) comes from Hungarian Tamás, from Latin Thōmās, from Ancient Greek Θωμᾶς, from Aramaic תאומא, from Aramaic תאמא — twin, double; Gemini.
tamas (English): One of the three gunas in Hindu philosophy,...
Definitions
- One of the three gunas in Hindu philosophy,...
Ancestry of “tamas”, step by step
tamas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian Tamás
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | Tamás | Thomas |
| 2 | Latin | Thōmās | Thomas the Apostle |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Θωμᾶς | Thomas |
| 4 | Aramaic | תאומא | twin; Thomas |
| 5 | Aramaic | תאמא | twin, double; Gemini |
via Sanskrit तमस्
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | तमस् | darkness, gloom; the darkness of hell, hell or a... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | támHas | darkness |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | témHos | darkness |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
Words derived from “tamas”