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Where does “түмэн” come from?

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

түмэн (Mongolian): ten thousand

Definitions

  1. ten thousand

Ancestry of “түмэн”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*tümen—
2Middle Chinese萬—

Words derived from “түмэн”

  • toman
  • تومان
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