طام

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tām (roof); cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (tam), Azerbaijani dam, Uyghur تام (tam), Uzbek tom, Kazakh: там (tam), Kyrgyz там (tam) and Korean (dam).

Noun

طام • (dam)

  1. (architecture) roof, the external covering at the top of a building
    Synonym: چاتی (çatı)
  2. (in parts of Asia Minor) house, a structure build as an abode of human beings
  3. outbuilding, outhouse, roofed shed

Derived terms

  • طاملامق (damlamak, to roof a house)

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