قولداش

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From قول (kol, “arm”) +‎ ـداش (-daş, “companion”).

Noun

قولداش • (koldaş)

associate, companion, fellow, mate, comrade
Synonyms: آیاقداش (ayakdaş), رفیق (refik), همراه (hemrah), یولداش (yoldaş)

Descendants

Turkish: koldaş
→ Armenian: խօլտաշ (xōltaš)

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “koldaş”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2718
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قولداش”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 988
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “koldaş”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قولداش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1497

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