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toman

 
Dictionary: to·man   (tō-män') pronunciation

n.
A gold coin formerly used in Persia worth 10,000 dinars.

[Farsi tūmān, from Turkic tümen, unit of ten thousand.]


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Iranian monetary unit. Toman is a word of Tatar origin referring to a military unit of 10,000 men, and refers to a gold coin worth ten silver krans (riyals), or 10,000 dinars. It first appeared in Iran ca. 1600. See also Dinar and Riyal.

 
 
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