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|name =Kotam
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|subdivision_name1      =[[Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic|Nakhchivan]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan|District]]
|subdivision_name2      =[[Ordubad District|Ordubad]]
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|population_as_of         = 2005
|population_total =394
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'''Kotam''' (until 2003,<ref>[http://www.meclis.gov.az/?/az/legislation/view/580 Azerbaijan Parliament]</ref> '''Ketam''') is a village and municipality in the [[Ordubad District]] of [[Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic|Nakhchivan]], [[Azerbaijan]]. It is located in the north of the Nakhchivan-Baku railway, 5&nbsp;km in the south-east from the district center. Its population is busy with gardening and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club, library and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 394.<ref name="ANAS">{{cite book| last=ANAS| first=Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences| author-link=Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences| title= Nakhchivan Encyclopedia| publisher= ANAS| location=Baku| year=2005| volume=I| page=300| isbn=5-8066-1468-9}}</ref>
==Etymology==
Kotam کتام is a [[Gilaki language|Gilaki/Persian]] word meaning a hut-like shelter raised on the farmland to protect the farmers from the sun and rain, sort of northern Iranian [[Cabana (structure)|Cabana]]. This word is used in many places in northern Iran and adjacent area.
According to some guesses, the name of the village could also be related with the name of the mountain of '''Ketam'''. Some researchers consider that the name is a distorted option of the toponym of ''Kuhitam'' and explains it as a combination of the words of ''kuh'' (mountain) in [[Iranian languages]] and ''tam//dam'' (home, building, fence) in [[Turkic languages]], in meaning as "the mountain which is their home, building". In the [[Turkic languages]], the words of ''kat / ket /kot / köt / kut / küt'' are used in meaning "low height", "short", "fat", "heap, pile", "device", "wealth", and suffix -''am'' is the word-building. In this regard, the name of the mountain can be explained as "the low height mountain", "hill".<ref>''Encyclopedic dictionary of Azerbaijan toponyms''. In two volumes. Volume I. p. 304. Baku: "East-West". 2007. {{ISBN|978-9952-34-155-3}}.</ref>
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*{{GEOnet2|32FA88150BBF3774E0440003BA962ED3|Kotam (as Ketam)}}
{{Ordubad District}}
[[Category:Populated places in Ordubad District]]
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