ترجمان

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Arabic

Root
ت ر ج م (t r j m)
4 terms

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܬܰܪܓܡܳܢܳܐ (targmānā, interpreter), itself from Akkadian 𒅴𒁄 (targumannum, interpreter); see the root entry for further information.

Cognate of Hebrew תֻּרְגְּמָן (turgmán).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tur.d͡ʒu.maːn/, /tar.d͡ʒu.maːn/, /tar.d͡ʒa.maːn/

Noun

تُرْجُمَان or تَرْجُمَان or تَرْجَمَان (turjumān or tarjumān or tarjamānm (plural تَرَاجِمَة (tarājima) or تَرَاجِيم (tarājīm) or تَرَاجِم (tarājim))

  1. translator
  2. interpreter, dragoman
    مَا مِنْكُم مِن أَحَدٍ إِلَّا سَيُكَلَّمُهُ رَبُّهُ لَيْسَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهُ تُرْجُمَانٌmā minkum min ʔaḥadin ʔillā sayukallamuhu rabbuhu laysa baynahu wabaynahu turjumānunEveryone of you will speak to his Lord without an interpreter between them.
  3. cicerone
  4. guide

Declension

Synonyms

Descendants

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ت ر ج م
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic تُرْجُمان (turjumān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tur.ʒmaːn/, /tar.ʒmaːn/

Noun

تُرجمان or تَرجمان (turjmān or tarjmānm (plural تراجمية (trājmiyya))

  1. translator
    Synonym: مترجم (mutarjim)

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَرْجُمَان (tarjumān).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? tarjumān
Dari reading? tarjumān
Iranian reading? tarjomân
Tajik reading? tarjumon

Noun

Dari ترجمان
Iranian Persian
Tajik тарҷумон

ترجمان (tarjomân)

  1. translator
  2. interpreter

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ترجمان (tarjumān), from Arabic تَرْجُمَان (tarjumān).

Pronunciation

Noun

تَرْجُمَان (tarjumānm (Hindi spelling तर्जुमान)

  1. spokesman
  2. translator, interpreter
    Synonym: مُتَرْجِم (mutarjim)

Declension

    Declension of ترجمان
singular plural
direct ترجمان (tarjumān) ترجمان (tarjumān)
oblique ترجمان (tarjumān) ترجمانوں (tarjumānõ)
vocative ترجمان (tarjumān) ترجمانو (tarjumāno)

References

  • ترجمان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • ترجمان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.