толмач
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tъlmačь, from Proto-Turkic *tilmač (compare Turkish dilmaç (“interpreter”)), from Proto-Turkic *til (“tongue”) (Turkish dil) + Proto-Turkic *-mač (“noun suffix”). Cognate with Russian толма́ч (tolmáč), Slovene tolmač, Serbo-Croatian ту̀ма̄ч/tùmāč, Polish tłumacz (“translator”). Non-Slavic cognates include German Dolmetscher and Hungarian tolmács.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtɔɫmat͡ʃ]
- Hyphenation: тол‧мач
Declension
Related terms
- толмачи impf (tolmači), протолмачи pf (protolmači)
References
- “толмач” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
Russian
Alternative forms
- толма́чъ (tolmáč) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tъlmačь, from Proto-Turkic *tilmač (compare Turkish dilmaç (“interpreter”)), from Proto-Turkic *til (“tongue”) (Turkish dil) + Proto-Turkic *-mač (“noun suffix”). Cognate with Macedonian толмач (tolmač), Slovene tolmač, Serbo-Croatian ту̀ма̄ч/tùmāč, Polish tłumacz (“translator”). Non-Slavic cognates include German Dolmetscher and Hungarian tolmács.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tɐɫˈmat͡ɕ]
Noun
толма́ч • (tolmáč) m anim (genitive толмача́, nominative plural толмачи́, genitive plural толмаче́й)
- interpreter
- Synonym: перево́дчик (perevódčik)
Declension
Derived terms
- толмаческий (tolmačeskij, adjective)
- толмачить (tolmačitʹ, verb)
Descendants
- → Ubykh: ҭалмашь (talmaš)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “толмач”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress