tamada

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Georgian თამადა (tamada), from (Proto-?)Circassian *tħamada (compare Adyghe тхьаматэ (tḥamatɛ, “foreman of a village; boss; master; chairman; (dated) husband”), Kabardian тхьэмадэ (tḥɛmadɛ, “foreman of a village; boss; master; chairman; (dialectal) bridegroom, wooer”)), probably from Ottoman Turkish داماد (damat, “bridegroom; son-in-law; sovereign's brother-in-law”) (from Persian داماد (dâmâd, “bridegroom; son-in-law; father-in-law; sovereign's brother-in-law; lover, wooer”)) with the ending reshaped under the influence of Kabardian адэ (adɛ, “father”). The suggestion that the word is derived from a blend of თავი (tavi, “head”) +‎ მაგიდა (magida, “table”) (in the sense of a person at the head of a table) is a folk etymology. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɑːmədə/, /ˈtɑːmədɑː/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɑmədə/, /ˈtɑmədɑ/ Hyphenation: ta‧ma‧da === Noun === tamada (plural tamadas) (chiefly Georgia) A toastmaster at a feast in the Caucasus, especially in Georgia. ==== Translations ==== === Notes === === Further reading === tamada on Wikipedia.Wikipedia