"tovarish" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /tɒˈvɑːɹɪʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tovarish.wav [Southern-England] Forms: tovarishes [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian това́рищ (továrišč). Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|trk}}, {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|ru|това́рищ|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Russian това́рищ (továrišč), {{bor+|en|ru|това́рищ}} Borrowed from Russian това́рищ (továrišč) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tovarish (plural tovarishes)
  1. Comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR. Categories (topical): People Categories (place): Soviet Union Synonyms: tovarishch, tovarisch, tovarich Translations (comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade): تَاوَارِيش (tāwārīš) [masculine] (Arabic), տովարիշ (tovariš) (Armenian), տավարիշ (tavariš) (Armenian), тава́рыш (taváryš) [masculine] (Belarusian), това́риш (továriš) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 達瓦里希 (dáwǎlǐxī) (Chinese Mandarin), 達瓦里氏 (dáwǎlǐshì) (Chinese Mandarin), továrišč [masculine] (Czech), toveri (Finnish), tovarich [masculine] (French), თავარიშ (tavariš) (Georgian), Towarischtsch [masculine] (German), トバリシチ (tobarishichi) (Japanese), 토바리슈 (tobarisyu) (Korean), 토바리시 (tobarisi) (Korean), تاواریش (tâvâriš) (Persian), towarzysz [masculine] (Polish), towarzyszka [feminine] (Polish), tovariche [masculine] (Portuguese), това́рищ (továrišč) [masculine] (Russian), товариш [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), tovariš [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), tovariš (Slovene), това́риш (továryš) [masculine] (Ukrainian), tovaris (Vietnamese)

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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "továrišč",
      "sense": "comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "това́рищ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "товариш"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tovariš"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade",
      "word": "tovariš"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "továryš",
      "sense": "comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "това́риш"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade",
      "word": "tovaris"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tovarish"
}

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