آرقهداش
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
آرقه (arka, “back”) + ـداش (daş, “companion”)
Noun
آرقهداش • (arkadaş) (plural آرقهداشلر (arkadaşlar))
- comrade, companion, person who has one's back
Descendants
- Turkish: arkadaş
- → Armenian: արխատաշ (arxataš), արխադաշ (arxadaš)
Derived terms
- آرقهداشلق (arkadaşlık)
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “آرقهداش”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 14
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “arkadaş”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “آرقهداش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 71