dilmaç

Meaning

interpreter, translator

Concepts

interpreter

Synonyms

çevirmen

tercüman

Translations

tolk

interprete

Dolmetscher

interprète

intérprete

intérprete

interpres

vertolker

terciman

مُتَرْجِم

مُتَرْجِمَة

intèrpret

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: دیلماج

Cognate with Chuvash: тӑлмач

Cognate with Azerbaijani: dilmanc

Cognate with Kazakh: тілмаш

Cognate with Kumyk: тилмач

Cognate with Uzbek: tilmoch

Cognate with Middle High German: tolmetsche

Cognate with German: Dolmetscher

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish دیلماج (dilmaç), ultimately Proto-Turkic *tilmač (“interpreter, translator”). Compare Chuvash тӑлмач (tălmač), Azerbaijani dilmanc, Kazakh тілмаш (tılmaş), Kumyk тилмач (tilmaç), Uzbek tilmoch, and also Proto-Slavic *tъlmačь and Middle High German tolmetsche (German Dolmetscher), ancient borrowings from Turkic.