Arabic edit

Root
ت ر ج م (t-r-j-m)

Etymology edit

From Classical Syriac ܬܰܪܓܡܳܢܳܐ (targmānā, interpreter), itself from Akkadian 𒅴𒁄 (targumannum, interpreter); see the root entry for further information.

Cognate of Hebrew תֻּרְגְּמָן (turgmán).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /tur.d͡ʒu.maːn/, /tar.d͡ʒu.maːn/, /tar.d͡ʒa.maːn/

Noun edit

تُرْجُمَان or تَرْجُمَان or تَرْجَمَان (turjumān or tarjumān or tarjamānm (plural تَرَاجِمَة (tarājima) or تَرَاجِيم (tarājīm))

  1. translator
  2. interpreter, dragoman
    مَا مِنْكُم مِن أَحَدٍ إِلَّا سَيُكَلَّمُهُ رَبُّهُ لَيْسَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهُ تُرْجُمَانٌmā minkum min ʔaḥadin ʔillā sayukallamuhu rabbuhu laysa baynahu wabaynahu turjumānunEveryone of you will speak to his Lord without an interpreter between them.
  3. cicerone
  4. guide

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Moroccan Arabic edit

Root
ت ر ج م
1 term

Etymology edit

From Arabic تُرْجُمان (turjumān).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /tur.ʒmaːn/, /tar.ʒmaːn/

Noun edit

تُرجمان or تَرجمان (turjmān or tarjmānm (plural تراجمية (trājmiyya))

  1. translator
    Synonym: مترجم (mutarjim)

Persian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic تَرْجُمَان (tarjumān).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? tarjumān
Dari reading? tarjumān
Iranian reading? tarjomân
Tajik reading? tarjumon

Noun edit

Dari ترجمان
Iranian Persian
Tajik тарҷyмон

ترجمان (tarjomân)

  1. translator
  2. interpreter

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian ترجمان (tarjumān), from Arabic تَرْجُمَان (tarjumān).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

تَرْجُمَان (tarjumānm (Hindi spelling तर्जुमान)

  1. spokesman
  2. translator, interpreter
    Synonym: مُتَرْجِم (mutarjim)

Declension edit

Declension of ترجمان
singular plural
direct ترجمان (tarjumān) ترجمان (tarjumān)
oblique ترجمان (tarjumān) ترجمانوں (tarjumānō̃)
vocative ترجمان (tarjumān) ترجمانو (tarjumānō)

Related terms edit

References edit

  • ترجمان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • ترجمان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.