dragoman
dragoman · dragomans · dragomen
драгоман
драгоман
Dolmetscher, Dragoman
An interpreter, especially for the Arabic and Turkish languagesAn interpreter, especially for the Arabic and Turkish languages.
Meaning
1 senses(historical)An interpreter, especially for the Arabic and Turkish languages.
Dolmetscher, Dragoman
драгома́нdragomán
драгома́нdrahomán
More definitions
- an interpreter and guide in the Near East; in the Ottoman Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries a translator of European languages for the Turkish and Arab authorities and most dragomans were Greek (many reached high positions in the government)
Translations
8 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
interpreter, especially for the Arabic and Turkish languages — see also interpreter:
Русский
By meaning 1
interpreter, especially for the Arabic and Turkish languages — see also interpreter:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
interpreter, especially for the Arabic and Turkish languages — see also interpreter:
Origin
From Middle English dragman, from Old French drugeman, from Medieval Latin dragumannus, frFrom 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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Forms
plural: dragomans / dragomenWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular