آرقه‌داش

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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

Noun

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

comrade, companion, person who has one's back

Derived terms

آرقه‌داشلق (arkadaşlık)

Descendants

Turkish: arkadaş
→ Armenian: արխատաշ (arxataš), արխադաշ (arxadaš)
→ Greek: αρκαντάσης (arkantásis)

References

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

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