tama
tama noun: a form of votive offering in the Eastern Orthodox Church, particularly the Greek Orthodox Church, usually in the form of a small metal plaque with an embossed image symbolizing the subject of prayer for which it is offered.
Noun (1)
tama (plural tamata)
- A form of votive offering in the Eastern Orthodox Church, particularly the Greek Orthodox Church, usually in the form of a small metal plaque with an embossed image symbolizing the subject of prayer for which it is offered.
Noun (2) capitalized: Tama
Tama pl (plural only)
- An African Muslim ethnic group of eastern Chad and western Sudan.
Proper noun capitalized: Tama
Tama
- The language of the Sudanese Tama people.
- A language family of northern Papua New Guinea.
- An extinct language of the Tucanoan language family.
tama meaning in Tamil
tama in Tamil
- அங்கால் வீக்கம், கால் வீக்கம்
Forms of tama
| plural | tamata |
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Origin of tama
Borrowed from Greek τάμα (táma).
Questions about tama
- What does tama mean?
- Tama means a form of votive offering in the Eastern Orthodox Church, particularly the Greek Orthodox Church, usually in the form of a small metal plaque with an embossed image symbolizing the subject of prayer for which it is offered.
- What is tama in Tamil?
- Tama in Tamil is அங்கால் வீக்கம், கால் வீக்கம். See Tama meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is tama?
- Tama can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of tama?
- The plural of tama is tamata.
Words near tama in the dictionary
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