dragoman

English

Etymology

From Middle English dragman, from Old French drugeman, from Medieval Latin dragumannus, from Medieval Greek δραγομάνος, from Arabic ترجمان (turjumān, “translator, interpreter”). Compare truchman.

Noun

dragoman (plural dragomans or dragomen)

1. An interpreter, especially for the Arabic and Turkish languages.

Related terms

• drogman
• truchman

Translations

an interpreter, especially for the Arabic and Turkish languages

• Arabic: ترجمان (ar) (turjumān) m
• French: drogman (fr), drogoman (fr), dragoman (fr)
• Georgian: თარჯიმანი (ka) (t‘ardžimani)
• German: Dolmetscher (de) m
• Hebrew: תרגמן (he) (turgemán) m
• Hungarian: tolmács (hu)

• Persian: ترگمان (fa) (targomân)
• Russian: толмач (ru) (tolmač) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тумач (sh) m

  Roman: tumač (sh) m

• Turkish: tercüman (tr)

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French

Alternative forms

• drogman
• drogoman

Noun

dragoman m (plural dragomans)

1. dragoman