دامه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Italian dama, from French dame.

Noun

دامه • (dama)

1. checkers

Descendants

• Turkish: dama
• → Armenian: տամա (tama)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1951) “տամա”, in Ewropakan pʻoxaṙeal baṙer hayerēni mēǰ [European Loanwords in Armenian] (Azgayin matenadaran; 166) (in Armenian), published from the author's manuscript submitted in 1921, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 147
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دامه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 563