ܬܪܓܡܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒅴𒁄 (targumannum). Root ܬ-ܪ-ܓ-ܡ (t-r-ɡ-m).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tarɡmɑnɑ] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [tarɡmɑne] (in the plural)

Noun

ܬܪܓܡܢܐ • (targmānā) m (plural ܬܪܓܡܢܐ)

1. interpreter
2. translator

Descendants

• → Arabic: تُرْجُمَان (turjumān)
  • Maltese: turċman
  • → Hellenic: δραγομάνος
    • → Medieval Latin: dragumannus, drogamundus, turcimannus, turchemannus
      • Old French: dragoman, droguement, drogeman, drogman, drugeman, drugemant, trucheman
        • → Catalan: drogman
        • French: dragoman, truchement
          • → Bulgarian: драгоман (dragoman)
          • → Czech: dragoman
          • → Polish: dragoman
          • → Russian: драгоман (dragoman)
          • → Serbo-Croatian: dragòmān
        • → Middle English: dragman, drogeman, drugeman
          • English: dragoman, truchman, truch-man, trouchman, truceman, trudgeman
        • → Middle High German: tragemunt, trougemunt
          • German: Dragoman, Trutzelmann, Trutschelmann
    • → Italian: dragomanno, turcimanno
  • → Classical Persian: ترجمان (tarjumān)
    • → Hindi: तर्जुमान (tarjumān)
    • → Urdu: ترجمان (tarjumān)
  • → Spanish: dragomán, truchimán, trujimán, o trujamán
  • → Azerbaijani: tərcüman
  • → Ottoman Turkish: ترجمان
    • Turkish: tercüman
    • Crimean Tatar: terciman, терджиман
    • → Georgian: თარჯიმანი (tarǯimani)
    • → Romanian: tergiman
  • → Uyghur: تەرجىمان (terjiman)
  • → Uzbek: tarjimon
• → Old Armenian: թարգման (tʻargman)
  • Armenian: թարգման (tʻargman)
  • → Old Georgian: თარგმანი (targmani)
• → Biblical Hebrew: תֻּרְגְּמָן (turgəmɔ́n)

References

Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 280