yoldaş

== Azerbaijani == === Etymology === Morphologically yol (“road”) +‎ -daş (“fellow, sharer”). Cognate with Kipchak یولداش (“travelling companion”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /joɫˈdɑʃ/ === Noun === yoldaş (definite accusative yoldaşı, plural yoldaşlar) comrade; companion; friend (communism, by extension) comrade (a fellow socialist, communist or other similarly politically aligned person) (communism) comrade (A non-hierarchical title, functionally similar to "Mr.", "Mrs.", "Miss", "Ms." etc, in a communist, socialist, or rarely in an Islamist state.) Yoldaş Niyazov! ― Comrade Niyazov! (figuratively) husband or wife (shortening of həyat yoldaşı) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “yoldaş”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎[1] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 4, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, pages 610-611 Altun Kitab (2013–), “yoldaş”, in Azleks == Crimean Tatar == === Etymology === From yol (“road”) +‎ -daş (“fellow, sharer”). Cognate to Kumyk ёлдаш (yoldaş), etc. === Noun === yoldaş companion === References === https://web.archive.org/web/20190915071725/http://www.classes.ru/all-crtatar/dictionary-crtatar-russian-cyr-term-3593.htm == Gagauz == === Etymology === From yol (“road, way”); compare Azerbaijani yoldaş and Turkish yoldaş. === Noun === yoldaş companion, mate, comrade === References === == Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یولداش (yoldaş), from Old Anatolian Turkish یولداش (yoldaş); equivalent to yol (“road”) +‎ -daş (“fellow, sharer”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /joɫˈdaʃ/, [joɫˈdɑʃ] === Noun === yoldaş (definite accusative yoldaşı, plural yoldaşlar) fellow traveller comrade, companion can yoldaşı ― bosom friend (literally, “soul comrade”) comrade; title used by a Communist regime or party. (figuratively) spouse (figuratively) Any person with whom one shares the same idea. ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== yol arkadaşı (1) ==== Derived terms ==== yoldaşlık === Further reading === “yoldaş”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “yoldaş”, in Nişanyan Sözlük Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “yoldaş”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı