Definitions

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  • noun A comrade.

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  • noun Alternative form of tovarish.

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  • noun a comrade (especially in Russian communism)

Etymologies

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[Russian tovarishch, from Old Russian tovarishchĭ, sing. of tovarishchi, business associates, from Old Turkic tavar ishchi, businessman, merchant : tavar, wealth, trade + ishchi, one who works (from ish, work, business).]

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Russian товарищ, from Turkic.

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  • This has also been lent into Finnish: toveri = comrade.

    November 13, 2013