English Explanatory Dictionary

Temkin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Yiddish.

Word forms

Temkin Temkins

Etymology

Jewish metronymic surname, from a hypocoristic form of the Yiddish personal name תָּמָר (Tomer) (see Tomer) + the Proto-Slavic possessive suffix *-inъ.

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