یولداش

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From یول (yol, “road, street”) +‎ ـداش (-daş, “companion”).

Noun

یولداش • (yoldaş)

  1. fellow traveller, one who travels together with another
    Synonyms: آیاقداش (ayakdaş), رفیق (refik), همراه (hemrah)
  2. (by extension) companion, fellow, mate, comrade
    Synonyms: آیاقداش (ayakdaş), رفیق (refik), قولداش (koldaş), همراه (hemrah)
  3. (formerly) fellow janissary, companion in battle

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: yoldaş
  • → Albanian: jolldash
  • → Armenian: յոլդաշ (yoldaš), յօլտաշ (yōltaš)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: jòldāš/јо̀лда̄ш

Further reading

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