dragoman

dragoman

English

Alternative forms

• drogman, druggerman

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)

1. (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.

Related terms

• truchman

Translations

an interpreter, especially for the Arabic and Turkish languages

Arabic: تُرْجُمَان‎ m (turjumān) Czech: dragoman m French: drogman (fr), drogoman (fr), dragoman (fr) Georgian: თარჯიმანი (tarǯimani) German: Dolmetscher (de) m, Dragoman m Greek: δραγουμάνος (el) m (dragoumános) Hebrew: תרגמן‎ (he) m (turgemán) Hungarian: tolmács (hu) Persian: ترگمان‎ (targomân) Polish: dragoman (pl) m Portuguese: dragomano m, drogomano m Russian: толма́ч (ru) m (tolmáč) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: тумач m Roman: tumač (sh) m Spanish: dragomán m, truchimán m Swedish: dragonman c Turkish: tercüman (tr) Ukrainian: драгома́н m (drahomán)

Further reading

• dragoman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Garamond

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Czech

Etymology

From Arabic تُرْجُمَان‎ (turjumān, “translator, interpreter”).

Noun

dragoman m

1. dragoman

Declension

Declension of dragoman

	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

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French

Alternative forms

• drogman
• drogoman

Pronunciation

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Noun

dragoman m (plural dragomans)

1. dragoman

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Romanian

Etymology

From Greek δραγουμάνος (dragoumános).

Noun

dragoman m (plural dragomani)

1. interpreter

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