τσιάμες
Cappadocian Greek
Alternative forms
- ζ'ιάμες (z'iámes) – alternative spelling
Etymology
From Armenian ծամ (cam).[1]
Noun
τσιάμες (tsiámes) (Pharasa)
- a hairband for maidens and women, adorned with gold and silver coins
Further reading
- Καρολίδης, Παύλος (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
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “ծամ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 440b