Where does “ترجمان” come from?

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

Ancestry of “ترجمان”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicتُرْجُمَانtranslator, interpreter
2Classical Syriacܬܪܓܡܢܐtranslator
3Akkadiantargumannuminterpreter, dragoman

Words derived from “ترجمان”

Every word from Akkadian targumannum →Every word from Classical Syriac ܬܪܓܡܢܐ →Every word from Arabic تُرْجُمَان →