targumannum

== Akkadian == === Etymology === Unknown. It could be either a borrowing from another unattested language or a derivation from the verb 𒅗𒂷𒂷 (ragāmum, “to exclame, shout to”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tar.ɡuˈman.num/ === Noun === targumannum m (from Old Akkadian on) interpreter, dragoman ==== Alternative forms ==== targumannu (non-mimated) turgumannum, targamannum ==== Descendants ==== → Classical Syriac: ܬܰܪܓܡܳܢܳܐ (targmānā)→ Arabic: تُرْجُمَان (turjumān)Maltese: turċman→ Hellenic: δραγομάνος→ Medieval Latin: dragumannus, drogamundus, turcimannus, turchemannusOld French: dragoman, droguement, drogeman, drogman, drugeman, drugemant, trucheman→ Catalan: drogmanFrench: dragoman, truchement→ Bulgarian: драгоман (dragoman)→ Czech: dragoman→ Polish: dragoman→ Russian: драгоман (dragoman)→ Serbo-Croatian: dragòmān→ Middle English: dragman, drogeman, drugemanEnglish: dragoman, truchman, truch-man, trouchman, truceman, trudgeman→ Middle High German: tragemunt, trougemuntGerman: Dragoman, Trutzelmann, Trutschelmann→ Italian: dragomanno, turcimanno→ Romanian: dragoman→ Classical Persian: ترجمان (tarjumān)→ Hindi: तर्जुमान (tarjumān)→ Urdu: ترجمان (tarjumān)→ Spanish: dragomán, truchimán, trujimán, trujamán→ Azerbaijani: tərcüman→ Ottoman Turkish: ترجمانTurkish: tercümanCrimean Tatar: terciman, терджиман→ Georgian: თარჯიმანი (tarǯimani)→ Romanian: tergiman→ Uyghur: تەرجىمان (terjiman)→ Uzbek: tarjimon→ Old Armenian: թարգման (tʻargman)Armenian: թարգման (tʻargman)→ Old Georgian: თარგმანი (targmani)→ Biblical Hebrew: תֻּרְגְּמָן (turgəmɔ́n) === References === “targumannu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011 Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “targumannu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library