Tamada

Quick meaning: Tamada is a noun meaning (chiefly Georgia) A toastmaster at a feast in the Caucasus, especially in Georgia.

Meaning

(chiefly Georgia) A toastmaster at a feast in the Caucasus, especially in Georgia.

Example Sentences

This tamada had excellent rhetorical skills; he was fluent in both Russian and Kyrgyz and knew the languages of humor and honor.

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?

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."

Although Georgians don't commonly determine any vocabulary which signifies specific states of intoxication, these states are mentioned indirectly by tamadas when they explain the difficult task of keeping drinkers' moods and inebriation at the table at an even keel.

Word Forms

• tamadas

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include toastmaker, toastmaster, toaster, toastmistress, banqueteer, feaster.

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