English Explanatory Dictionary

dragoman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An interpreter, especially for the Arabic and Turkish languages.

Word forms

dragoman dragomans dragomen drogman druggerman

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.

Derived words

dragomanic dragomanish
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