toman
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of toman
1560–70; < Persian tōmān, tūmān < Turkic tümen ten thousand
Example Sentences
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A toman is an everyday unit of currency, equivalent to 10 rials, that Iranians use to avoid dealing in millions of rials.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Y los distritos escolares se enfrentan a una creciente amenaza de demandas de los padres, o incluso a una investigación federal, si no se toman en serio el acceso lingüístico.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2023
The Iranian rial lost so much value that Iran introduced a new unit of currency, the toman, essentially to slash four zeros off the bills Iranians carry in stacks to do their everyday shopping.
From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2022
Dos gemelas toman diferentes caminos en la vida y mientras una de ellas se transforma en aristócrata, la otra es una humilde y divertida taquera.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2020
In the language of bankers, a toman contains twelve grains.
From De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera by MacNutt, Francis Augustus
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