kaymakam
UK/kʌɪməˈkɑːm/
kaymakam noun: an Ottoman official who acted as grand vizier and governor of Constantinople during any absence or illness of the incumbent.
Noun
kaymakam (plural kaymakams)
- An Ottoman official who acted as grand vizier and governor of Constantinople during any absence or illness of the incumbent.
- He desird him to leave a charge with the Chimacham his Deputy.1645, James Howell, Epistolae Ho-elianae..., volume iii, page 87
- An Ottoman official who acted as beylerbey of Egypt between regular appointments.
- An Ottoman official who acted as hospodar of Moldavia or Wallachia during any absence or illness of the incumbent.
- A lieutenant colonel in the Ottoman or early Turkish army, replaced by the rank of yarbay.
- Synonym of sanjakbey during the mid-19th century.
- Synonyms:
- sanjakbey during the mid-19th century
- An Ottoman official who oversaw a kaza during the late 19th and early 20th centuries; similar positions in Ottoman successor states.
- A local administrator in Turkey, Northern Cyprus, Iraq, and Lebanon.
Synonyms of kaymakam
- sanjakbey during the mid-19th century
Forms of kaymakam
| plural | kaymakams |
|---|---|
| alternative form | qaimaqam |
| alternative form | qaim maqam |
| alternative form | kaimakam |
| alternative form | kaimacon |
| alternative form | kaimacan |
| alternative form | kaimakan |
| alternative form | kaimacham |
| alternative form | kaimacam |
| alternative form | caimacon |
| alternative form | caimacan |
| alternative form | caimakan |
| alternative form | caimacham |
| alternative form | caimacam |
| alternative form | caimakam |
| alternative form | caimaicon |
| alternative form | caimaican |
| alternative form | caimaikan |
| alternative form | caimaicham |
| alternative form | caimaicam |
Origin of kaymakam
From Ottoman Turkish قایمقام (kaymakam), from Arabic مَقَام قَائِم (qāʔim maqām, “stand in”).
Questions about kaymakam
- What does kaymakam mean?
- Kaymakam means an Ottoman official who acted as grand vizier and governor of Constantinople during any absence or illness of the incumbent.
- What part of speech is kaymakam?
- Kaymakam is a noun.
- How do you pronounce kaymakam?
- Kaymakam is pronounced /kʌɪməˈkɑːm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of kaymakam?
- The plural of kaymakam is kaymakams.
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