dragoman
Meaning
An interpreter, especially for the Arabic and Turkish languages.
Synonyms
Translations
drogman
drogman
Dragoman
dragomán
dragomanno
tercüman
ترجمان
drogman
drogomanoEtymology
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.
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