dragoman

Signification (Anglais)

An interpreter, especially for the Arabic and Turkish languages.

Concepts

drogman

dragoman

drogoman

Synonymes

interpreter

Traductions

Dragoman

drogman

dragomanno

dragomán

tercüman

ترجمان

Dolmetscher

drogman

rehber

vertaler

مترجم

διερμηνέας

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: dragman

In summary

From Middle English dragman, from Old French drugeman, from Medieval Latin dragumannus, from Byzantine Greek δραγομάνος (dragomános), from Arabic تُرْجُمَان (turjumān), from Classical Syriac ܬܰܪܓܡܳܢܳܐ (targmānā), from Akkadian 𒅴𒁄 (targumannum, “interpreter”). With the plural form -men, through reinterpretation as suffixed with -man. Doublet of truchman.