Where does “ترجمان” come from?

ترجمان (Moroccan Arabic) comes from Arabic ترجمان, from Classical Syriac ܬܪܓܡܢܐ, from Akkadian targumannum — interpreter, dragoman.

ترجمان (Moroccan Arabic): translator

Definitions

  1. translator

Ancestry of “ترجمان”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicترجمانtranslator; interpreter, dragoman; cicerone
2Classical Syriacܬܪܓܡܢܐtranslator
3Akkadiantargumannuminterpreter, dragoman
Every word from Akkadian targumannum →Every word from Classical Syriac ܬܪܓܡܢܐ →Every word from Arabic ترجمان →