քամ

• քամի (kʿami)

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷm̥- (“to rumple, to cram, to stuff”). Cognate with Lithuanian kamúoti (“to torment”), kim̃šti (“to cram”).

քամ • (kʿam)

1. the product of squeezing or pressing out (e.g. juice, gravy, jelly)
2. the remnants of a flood

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “քամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “քամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “քամ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press