јолдош

Southern Altai

Etymology

From јол (ǰol, “road”) +‎ -дош (-doš, ornative suffix). Cognate with Kazakh жолдас (joldas), Kyrgyz жолдош (joldoş), Kumyk ёлдаш (yoldaş), Azerbaijani yoldaş, Turkish yoldaş, Bashkir юлдаш (yuldaş), ; Shor чолдаш (“tourist”), etc.

Noun

јолдош • (ǰoldoš)

1. friend
2. fellow traveller
3. comrade