آرقه‌داش

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

آرقه (arka, “back”) +‎ ـداش (-daş, “companion”)

Noun

آرقه‌داش • (arkadaş) (plural آرقه‌داشلر (arkadaşlar))

1. comrade, companion, person who has one's back

Derived terms

• آرقه‌داشلق (arkadaşlık)

Descendants

• Turkish: arkadaş
• → Armenian: արխատաշ (arxataš), արխադաշ (arxadaš)
• → Greek: αρκαντάσης (arkantásis)
• → Laz: არქადაში (arkadaşi)

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آرقه‌داش”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 14
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “arkadaş”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آرقه‌داش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 71