јолдош

Southern Altai

Etymology

From јол (ǰol, “road”) +‎ -дош (-doš, ornative suffix). Cognate with Kazakh жолдас (joldas), Kyrgyz жолдош (joldoş), Kumyk ёлдаш (yoldaş), Azerbaijani yoldaş, Turkish yoldaş, Bashkir юлдаш (yuldaş), ; Shor чолдаш (“tourist”), etc.

Noun

јолдош • (ǰoldoš)

  1. friend
  2. fellow traveller
  3. comrade

References

  • N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “јолдош”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN
  • Gürsoy Naskali, Emine M. Duran, editor (1999), “јолдош”, in altayca Türkçe Sözlük [Altai-Turkish Dictionary], Ankara, →ISBN, page 64
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