dragoman
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
Noun
[edit]dragoman (plural dragomans or dragomen)
- (historical) An interpreter, especially for the Arabic and Turkish languages.
- 1992, Martin R. Kalfatovic, Nile Notes of a Howadji, page 243:
- Engaging William Prime's (q.v.) dragoman, he visits the bazaars, mosques, and Pyramids before sailing in the dahabeeya Rip Van Winkle up the Nile.
- 2011, David Bellos, chapter 11, in Is that a Fish in Your Ear?:
- Dragomans altered the pasha's language to put it in a form best suited to performing the act that the principal intended. […] Far from being ‘free’, the dragomans' reformulation of the words of the source expressed subservience to their principal's intention.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]interpreter, especially for the Arabic and Turkish languages — see also interpreter
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[edit]Czech
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic تُرْجُمَان (turjumān, “translator, interpreter”).
Noun
[edit]dragoman m anim
Declension
[edit]Declension of dragoman (hard masculine animate)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | dragoman | dragomani |
genitive | dragomana | dragomanů |
dative | dragomanovi, dragomanu | dragomanům |
accusative | dragomana | dragomany |
vocative | dragomane | dragomani |
locative | dragomanovi, dragomanu | dragomanech |
instrumental | dragomanem | dragomany |
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[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]dragoman m (plural dragomans)
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Greek δραγουμάνος (dragoumános).
Noun
[edit]dragoman m (plural dragomani)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | dragoman | dragomanul | dragomani | dragomanii | |
genitive-dative | dragoman | dragomanului | dragomani | dragomanilor | |
vocative | dragomanule | dragomanilor |
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