Karaim edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

kamdžy

  1. shaman

References edit

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