tumen

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See also: Tumen, Ťumeň, and tümen

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Turkish tümen.

Noun

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tumen (plural tumens)

  1. Alternative form of toman (army unit)
    • 2004, Gerard Chaliand, Nomadic Empires: From Mongolia to the Danube, page 65:
      The largest unit was the tumen, equivalent to a division: 10,000 men in principle (and sometimes less). An army was made up of two to four tumen, each composed of ten times a thousand men (the equivalent of a regiment), and each regiment of ten times a hundred men (the equivalent of a squadron), ten times ten men.

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀢𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (tumhe), Ashokan Prakrit 𑀢𑀼𑀨𑁂 (tuphe), from Sanskrit युष्म (yuṣma, second person plural pronominal base), with influence from त्व (tvá, second person singular pronominal base). Cognate to Hindi तुम (tum) and Gujarati તમે (tame).

Pronoun

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tumen

  1. you pl (nominative and accusative)

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