آرقهداش
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
آرقه (arka, “back”) + ـداش (-daş, “companion”)
Noun edit
آرقهداش • (arkadaş) (plural آرقهداشلر (arkadaşlar))
- comrade, companion, person who has one's back
Derived terms edit
- آرقهداشلق (arkadaşlık)
Descendants edit
- Turkish: arkadaş
- → Armenian: արխատաշ (arxataš), արխադաշ (arxadaš)
- → Greek: αρκαντάσης (arkantásis)
References edit
- 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