We have the custom of a toastmaker – the tamada, we call him. For the sake of order, he proposes all the toasts. Will you support me as tamada?
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Tamada
//ˈtɑːmədə//
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18 translations across 16 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- թամադա noun ((chiefly Georgia) toastmaster)
- սեղանապետ noun ((chiefly Georgia) toastmaster)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- tamada noun ((chiefly Georgia) toastmaster)
Belarusian
1 entries- тамада́ noun ((chiefly Georgia) toastmaster)
Chechen
1 entries- тхьамда noun ((chiefly Georgia) toastmaster)
Chuvash
1 entries- кӗрекеҫӗ noun ((chiefly Georgia) toastmaster)
Estonian
1 entries- tamada noun ((chiefly Georgia) toastmaster)
Finnish
1 entries- tamada noun ((chiefly Georgia) toastmaster)
Georgian
2 entries- თამადა noun ((chiefly Georgia) toastmaster)
- ტოლუმბაში noun ((chiefly Georgia) toastmaster)
German
1 entries- Tamada noun ((chiefly Georgia) toastmaster)
Karachay-Balkar
1 entries- тамата noun ((chiefly Georgia) toastmaster)
Polish
1 entries- tamada noun ((chiefly Georgia) toastmaster)
Russian
1 entries- тамада́ noun ((chiefly Georgia) toastmaster)
Spanish
1 entries- tamada noun ((chiefly Georgia) toastmaster)
Turkish
1 entries- tamada noun ((chiefly Georgia) toastmaster)
Ukrainian
1 entries- тамада́ noun ((chiefly Georgia) toastmaster)
Uzbek
1 entries- tamada noun ((chiefly Georgia) toastmaster)
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The tamada—the master of ceremonies—with practised skill opened a bottle and poured out half a glassful for himself with the explanation, "The tamada must drink first. If there's poison in this glass you'll soon know of it and save yourself."
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A good tamada has a number of special qualities. First of all, a good tamada is one who is good with words, who speaks clearly and cleverly, who can say in a^([sic]) original way things which are heard over and over again at every supra. The best tamadas are extemporaneous poets.
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A tamada, or toastmaster—an obligatory feature of any Georgian feast—Cholokashvili was proposing the ultimate toast, to the mystery and romance of the vine. [...] Unfortunately it is also traditional that all tamadas have to be obeyed, as I learned from Zezva Gochilaidze in Tusheti.
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