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tovarish

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • /tɒˈvɑːɹɪʃ/
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noun

Meaning 1

Comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Sogdian 𐫕𐫁𐫀𐫡 (θbʾr)bor. Proto-Turkic *tabar Turkicbor. Proto-Slavic *tovarъ Proto-Slavic *-iščь Proto-Slavic *tovariščь Old East Slavic товарищь (tovariščĭ) Russian това́рищ (továrišč)bor. English tovarish Borrowed from Russian това́рищ (továrišč).

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَاوَارِيش (tāwārīš) — comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade
  • Armenian: տովարիշ (tovariš) — comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade
  • Armenian: տավարիշ (tavariš) — comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade
  • Belarusian: тава́рыш (taváryš) — comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade
  • Bulgarian: това́риш (továriš) — comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade
  • Chinese Mandarin: 達瓦里希 (dáwǎlǐxī) — comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade
  • Chinese Mandarin: 達瓦里氏 (dáwǎlǐshì) — comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade
  • Czech: továrišč — comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade
  • Dutch: tovaritsj — comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade
  • Finnish: toveri — comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade
  • French: tovarich — comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade
  • Georgian: თავარიშ (tavariš) — comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade
  • German: Towarischtsch — comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade
  • Japanese: トバリシチ (tobarishichi) — comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade
  • Korean: 토바리슈 (tobarisyu) — comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade
  • Korean: 토바리시 (tobarisi) — comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade
  • Persian: تاواریش (tâvâriš) — comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade
  • Polish: towarzysz — comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade
  • Polish: towarzyszka — comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade
  • Portuguese: tovariche — comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade
  • Romanian: tovarăș — comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade
  • Russian: това́рищ (továrišč) — comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade
  • Serbo-Croatian: товариш — comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade
  • Serbo-Croatian: tovariš — comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade
  • Slovene: tovariš — comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade
  • Ukrainian: това́риш (továryš) — comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade
  • Vietnamese: tovaris — comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade
  • Yiddish: טאָוואַרישטש (tovarishtsh) — comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade