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From Common Circassian*tħamada (compare Adygheтхьаматэ ("foreman of a village; boss; master; chairman; (dated) husband") and Kabardianтхьэмадэ ("foreman of a village; boss; master; chairman; (dialectal) bridegroom, wooer")). The suggestion that the word tamada derives from words meaning "head of the table" in Georgian is a folk etymology: see tamada at the English Wiktionary.