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tovarish

/tɒˈvɑːɹɪʃ/

tovarish noun: comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR.

Noun

tovarish (plural tovarishes)

  1. Comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR.
    • Instead of addressing them according to revolutionary etiquette as Tovarish (comrade), he asked them their Christian names and that of their fathers, while telling them his own.1919 December 6, The Times, p.10 col. C
    • Touching one of them on the shoulder, she said, “Tovarish, these tovarishes want to know who you are.”1938, Margaret Sanger, Margaret Sanger: An Autobiography

tovarish meaning in Arabic, Persian and Vietnamese

tovarish in Arabic

comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade
تَاوَارِيش tāwārīš

tovarish in Persian

comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade
تاواریش tâvâriš

tovarish in Vietnamese

comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR — see also comrade
tovaris

Examples of tovarish in a sentence

  • "You'd better see what this ah tovarish thinks he wants."1989, Anthony Burgess, “Pedwar”, in Any Old Iron, London: Hutchinson, →ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.: Washington Square Press, Pocket...
  • The tovarishes bring along their harmonicas and balalaikas, their good voices and their good humor.1999, Livia Bitton-Jackson, I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust, Simon Pulse, →ISBN:

Forms of tovarish

pluraltovarishes
alternative formtovarishch
alternative formtovarisch
alternative formtovarich

Origin of tovarish

Borrowed from Russian това́рищ (továrišč).

Questions about tovarish

What does tovarish mean?
Tovarish means comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR.
What is tovarish in Arabic?
Tovarish in Arabic is تَاوَارِيش (tāwārīš). See Tovarish meaning in Arabic.
How do you use tovarish in a sentence?
"You'd better see what this ah tovarish thinks he wants."
What part of speech is tovarish?
Tovarish is a noun.
How do you pronounce tovarish?
Tovarish is pronounced /tɒˈvɑːɹɪʃ/.
What is the plural of tovarish?
The plural of tovarish is tovarishes.

Words near tovarish in the dictionary

  1. Tovar
  2. tovarich
  3. tovariches
  4. tovarisch
  5. tovarisches
  6. tovarish
  7. tovarishch
  8. tovarishches
  9. tovarishes
  10. Tovarnik
  11. Tovars

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