noun, masculine/toˈmin/plural: tomines
tomin (a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 0.6 g); tomin (a former gold Spanish coin notionally equivalent to a tomin of gold); tomin (a former silver colonial Spanish coin notionally equivalent in value to the gold tomin)
Synonyms: t
From Andalusian Arabic ثُمْن (ṯúmn), from Arabic ثُمْن (ṯumn, “one-eighth”), from the root ن (n) م (m) ث (ṯ-m-n). Originally used in reference to it forming one-eighth of a castellano. Doublet of azumbre and celemín.