The story
- Persian · derived fromهمدم“intimate friend”
- Uzbek · derived fromHamdamov
- Russian · borrowed fromХамдамов
- English todayKhamdamov
From Russian Хамдамов (Xamdamov), a Russified form of Uzbek Hamdamov, ultimately from Persian همدم (hamdam, “intimate friend”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.