dragoman
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English dragman, from Old French drugeman, from Medieval Latin dragumannus, from Byzantine Greek δραγομάνος (dragomános), from Arabic تُرْجُمَان (turjumān, “translator, interpreter”). Doublet of truchman.
Noun
dragoman (plural dragomans or dragomen)
- (historical) An interpreter, especially for the Arabic and Turkish languages.
- 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.
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Related terms
Translations
an interpreter, especially for the Arabic and Turkish languages
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Anagrams
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic تُرْجُمَان (turjumān, “translator, interpreter”).
Declension
Declension of dragoman (hard masculine animate)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dragoman | dragomani |
| genitive | dragomana | dragomanů |
| dative | dragomanovi, dragomanu | dragomanům |
| accusative | dragomana | dragomany |
| vocative | dragomane | dragomani |
| locative | dragomanovi, dragomanu | dragomanech |
| instrumental | dragomanem | dragomany |
Derived terms
- dragomanit
- dragomanský
French
Pronunciation
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Romanian
Etymology
From Greek δραγουμάνος (dragoumános).
Declension
Declension of dragoman
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) dragoman | dragomanul | (niște) dragomani | dragomanii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) dragoman | dragomanului | (unor) dragomani | dragomanilor |
| vocative | dragomanule | dragomanilor | ||
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