Karaim Etymology jol + daš. Noun joldaš comrade, friend References N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “joldaš”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBNWikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.