Historical personal name
Toma
Twin; the Aramaic epithet behind Thomas.
ܬܐܘܡܐ
- Language layer
- Aramaic/Syriac personal name
- Written spelling
- Checked in the cited source
- Personal-name evidence
- Tōmā is directly recorded in Syriac personal-name and manuscript references.
- Pronunciation & audio
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- Popularity / modern gender
- Not established by these sources.
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Meaning, use and context
Thomas derives from an Aramaic epithet meaning “twin.” Tōmā is a Syriac form, rather than an unrelated name assigned an English meaning after the fact. Syriaca pairs it with Syriac script and documentary references.
Toma, Tuma and Touma are romanization choices. They may suggest different pronunciation conventions, but a spelling is not an audio recording. Unpointed ܬܐܘܡܐ leaves details of vocalization to the linguistic and liturgical tradition.
The historical and lexical sources establish meaning and written attestation. They do not measure present popularity, prove one universal dialect pronunciation or decide how a family should write the name in another alphabet.
Evidence for this entry
- Syriaca — Thomas, person 2127 ↗
Personal name and Syriac written attestation.
- SEDRA — Tōmā, proper noun ↗
Syriac written form.
- Nathanael Andrade — The Journey of Christianity to India, excerpt ↗
Aramaic twin epithet, page 2.
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