kamdžy

Karaim

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *qam (“shaman”), from Proto-Turkic *kiam (“shaman”) + an agent noun affix.

Compare to Southern Altai кам (kam, “shaman”), Tuvan хам (xam, “shaman”).

Noun

kamdžy

  1. shaman

References

N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “kamdžy”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

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