Meanings
plural tomins · plural tomines
- historicalA traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 0.6 g.
- historicalA former gold Spanish coin, notionally equivalent to a tomin in weight.
- historicalA former silver colonial Spanish coin, notionally equivalent to a gold tomin in value.
Synonyms: silver tomin
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA former silver colonial Spanish coin, notionally equivalent to a gold tomin in value.
gold coin
Origin
- Arabicثُمْن“one-eighth”
- Andalusian Arabicثُمْن
- Spanishtomín
- Englishtomin
From Spanish tomín, from Andalusian Arabic ثُمْن (ṯúmn), from Arabic ثُمْن (ṯumn, “one-eighth”), from the root ث م ن (ṯ-m-n). Originally used in reference to it forming one-eighth of a castellano.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Spanish tomín, tomín
- tomínunit of mass
- tomínsilver coin
- tomíngold coin
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Cite this entry
tomin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tomin
“tomin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tomin. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tomin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tomin.
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