Armenian

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Etymology

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By simplification of double consonants of earlier կեղծծամ (keġccam), from կեղծ (keġc, fake) +‎ ծամ (cam, hair).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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կեղծամ (keġcam)

  1. wig

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References

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  1. ^ Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “այբենարան”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎[1], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 37