tumen

See also: Tumen, Ťumeň, and tümen

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish tümen

Noun

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.

Anagrams

Romani

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

tumen

  1. you pl (nominative and accusative)

Descendants
  • Balkan Romani: tume
  • Baltic Romani: tume
  • Kalo Finnish Romani: tume
  • Sinte Romani: tume
  • Vlax Romani: tume
  • Welsh Romani: tume

See also
Romani personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative Accusative Dative Locative Ablative Instrumental Possessive
Singular First — me man manqe manθe manθar mança miro, -i, -e
Second — tu tut tuqe tuθe tuθar tuça tiro, -i, -e
Reflexive third — — pes pesqe pesθe pesθar peça pesqero, -i, -e
Third Masculine ov les lesqe lesθe lesθar leça lesqero, -i, -e
Feminine oj la laqe laθe laθar laça laqero, -i, -e
Plural First — amen amenqe amenθe amenθar amença amaro, -i, -e
Second — tumen tumenqe tumenθe tumenθar tumença tumaro, -i, -e
Reflexive third — — pen penqe penθe penθar pença penqero, -i, -e
Third — on len lenqe lenθe lenθar lença lenqero, -i, -e
Kalderash Romani personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative Accusative (long and short forms) Dative Locative Ablative Instrumental Possessive
Singular First — me man, ma mánge mánde mándar mánsa múrro m, múrri f, múrre pl
Second — tu tut, tu túke túte tútar túsa tíro m, tíri f, tíre pl
Reflexive third — — pês, pe pêske pêste pêstar pêsa pêsko m, pêski f, pêske pl
Third Masculine wo lês, le lêske lêste lêstar lêsa lêsko m, lêski f, lêske pl
Feminine woi la, la láke láte látar lása láko m, láki f, láke pl
Plural First — ame amên, ame amênge amênde amêndar amênsa amáro m, amári f, amáre pl
Second — tume tumên, tume tumênge tumênde tumêndar tumênsa tumáro m, tumári f, tumáre pl
Reflexive third — — pên, pe pênge pênde pêndar pênsa pêngo m, pêngi f, pênge pl
Third — won lên, le lênge lênde lêndar lênsa lêngo m, lêngi f, lênge pl
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