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τσιάμες

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Cappadocian Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Armenian ծամ (cam).[1]

Noun

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τσιάμες (tsiámes) (Pharasa)

  1. a hairband for maidens and women, adorned with gold and silver coins

References

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  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ծամ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 440b

Further reading

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  • Karolídis, Pávlos (1885) Γλωσσάριον συγκριτικόν ελληνοκαππαδοκικών λέξεων (in Greek), Smyrna: O Týpos, § 31, pages 83–84
  • Lagarde, Paul de (1886) “τσιάμες”, in Neugriechisches aus Kleinasien (Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen; 33) (in German), Göttingen: Dieterichsche Verlags-Buchhandlung, page 67a