köken: From Middle Persian tlgmʾn' (targumān, “interpreter”) (Manichaean Middle Persian trkwmʾn (tarkumān)), from Old Persian [Term?], from Akkadian 𒅴𒁄 (/targumannu, turgumannu/, “interpreter”); for more see ت ر ج م (t r j m).
köken: Borrowed from Tatar тылмач (tılmaç), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *tilmač. Compare чӗлхе (čĕlh̬e), from the same root. Cognate with Azerbaijani dilmanc , Kazakh тілмаш (tılmaş), Kumyk тилмач (tilmaç), Kyrgyz тилмеч (tilmec), Southern Altai тилмеш (tilmeš), Uzbek tilmoch, Turkish dilmaç etc.
interpreting, interpretation: the facilitation of spoken conversation between two or more parties that do not all speak a common language · an interpreter: someone who interprets speech in the language of the speaker into the language of the listener
From Middle High German tolmetsche (13th c.), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *tilmač (compare Turkish dilmaç). Probably borrowed through a Slavic language; compare Proto-Slavic *tъlmačь (“interpreter”), whence Russian толма́ч (tolmáč), Polish tłumacz. Alternatively through Hungarian tolmács.