толмач

Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tъlmačь, from Hungarian tolmács, from Proto-Turkic *tilmaç (compare Turkish dil, Azeri til, Crimean Tatar til, Kyrgyz тил). Cognate with Slovene tolmač, Serbo-Croatian ту̀ма̄ч/tùmāč, Slovak tlmočník (translator). Non-Slavic cognates include German Dolmetscher.

Noun

толмач (tolmáč) m

  1. interpreter

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • толмаческий a
  • толмачить v
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