# ترجمان
## Arabic
### Etymology

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

* IPA: /tur.d͡ʒu.maːn/, /tar.d͡ʒu.maːn/, /tar.d͡ʒa.maːn/

### Noun

تُرْجُمَان or تَرْجُمَان or تَرْجَمَان • (turjumān or tarjumān or tarjamān) m (plural تَرَاجِمَة (tarājima) or تَرَاجِيم (tarājīm) or تَرَاجِم (tarājim))
* translator
* interpreter, dragoman
    مَا مِنْكُم مِن أَحَدٍ إِلَّا سَيُكَلَّمُهُ رَبُّهُ لَيْسَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهُ تُرْجُمَانٌ ― mā minkum min ʔaḥadin ʔillā sayukallamuhu rabbuhu laysa baynahu wabaynahu turjumānun ― Everyone of you will speak to his Lord without an interpreter between them.
* cicerone
* guide

#### Synonyms

* مُتَرْجِم (mutarjim)

#### Descendants

* Maltese: turċman
* → Hellenic: δραγομάνος
** → Medieval Latin: dragumannus, drogamundus, turcimannus, turchemannus
*** Old French: dragoman, droguement, drogeman, drogman, drugeman, drugemant, trucheman
**** → Catalan: drogman
**** French: dragoman, truchement
***** → Bulgarian: драгоман (dragoman)
***** → Czech: dragoman
***** → Polish: dragoman
***** → Russian: драгоман (dragoman)
***** → Serbo-Croatian: dragòmān
**** → Middle English: dragman, drogeman, drugeman
***** English: dragoman, truchman, truch-man, trouchman, truceman, trudgeman
**** → Middle High German: tragemunt, trougemunt
***** German: Dragoman, Trutzelmann, Trutschelmann
** → Italian: dragomanno, turcimanno
* → Classical Persian: ترجمان (tarjumān)
** → Hindi: तर्जुमान (tarjumān)
** → Urdu: ترجمان (tarjumān)
* → Spanish: dragomán, truchimán, trujimán, o trujamán
* → Azerbaijani: tərcüman
* → Ottoman Turkish: ترجمان
** Turkish: tercüman
** Crimean Tatar: terciman, терджиман
** → Georgian: თარჯიმანი (tarǯimani)
** → Romanian: tergiman
* → Uyghur: تەرجىمان (terjiman)
* → Uzbek: tarjimon

## Moroccan Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic تُرْجُمان (turjumān).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tur.ʒmaːn/, /tar.ʒmaːn/

### Noun

تُرجمان or تَرجمان • (turjmān or tarjmān) m (plural تراجمية (trājmiyya))
* translator
    Synonym: مترجم (mutarjim)

## Persian
### Alternative forms

* ترگمان (targumān)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَرْجُمَان (tarjumān).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [taɾ.d͡ʒu.ˈmɑːn]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰäɾ.d͡ʒʊ.mɑ́ːn]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰäɾ.d͡ʒʊ.mɑ́ːn]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [t̪ʰäɾ.d͡ʒʊ.mɑ́ːn]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [t̪ʰäɾ.d͡ʒu.mɔ́ːn]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰæɹ.d͡ʒo.mɒ́ːn]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰäɾ.d͡ʒu.mɔ́n]

### Noun

ترجمان • (tarjomân)
* translator
* interpreter

## Urdu
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /t̪əɾ.d͡ʒʊ.mɑːn/
* Rhymes: -ɑːn

### Noun

تَرْجُمَان • (tarjumān) m (Hindi spelling तर्जुमान)
* spokesman
* translator, interpreter
    Synonym: مُتَرْجِم (mutarjim)

#### Related terms

* مُتَرْجِم (mutarjim)

### References

* “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, 2025.