Plural of dragoman following the original Turkish and Arabic pluralization pattern; multiple dragomen serving as interpreters and intermediaries.
The Arabic-based plural of 'dragoman,' preserving the original Near Eastern pluralization system. This form remained common through the 18th century before gradually being replaced by the Anglicized 'dragomans.'
Watching 'dragomen' fade from English use in favor of 'dragomans' shows language assimilation in real time—as English speakers dominated, they Anglicized even the plural of borrowed words.
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