torsimany

Catalan

Alternative forms

• trujamà (archaic)

Etymology

From Arabic تُرْجُمَان (turjumān). Possibly the from another Semitic language, maybe Aramaic; see ت ر ج م (t r j m) for more. Compare English dragoman, English truchman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [tur.siˈmaɲ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [tor.siˈmaɲ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [toɾ.siˈmaɲ]

Noun

torsimany m (plural torsimanys)

1. (dated) interpreter, translator

Further reading

• “torsimany” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “torsimany”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “torsimany” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “torsimany” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.