dragoman

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English

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The Dragoman of the Porte in 1809

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Etymology

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

dragoman (plural dragomans or dragomen)

  1. (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.

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تُرْجُمَان (turjumān, “translator, interpreter”).

Noun

dragoman m anim

  1. dragoman

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

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Noun

dragoman m (plural dragomans)

  1. dragoman

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek δραγουμάνος (dragoumános).

Noun

dragoman m (plural dragomani)

  1. dragoman

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative dragoman dragomanul dragomani dragomanii
genitive-dative dragoman dragomanului dragomani dragomanilor
vocative dragomanule dragomanilor
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