English
Etymology
Russian товарищ, from Turkic.
Pronunciation
IPA|/tɒ'vɑ:rɪʃ/
Noun
en-noun|es
- comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR
#:*1919: 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 — The Times, 6 Dec 1919, p.10 col. C
#:*1988: His Russian was derived from a fortnight’s crash course. ‘You’d better see what this, ah, tovarish thinks he wants.’ — Anthony Burgess, Any Old Iron
Alternative forms
tovarishch
tovarich
ru:tovarish
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