English Explanatory Dictionary

kaymakam

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A lieutenant or deputy in various Turkish contexts, particularly
  2. An Ottoman official who acted as grand vizier and governor of Constantinople during any absence or illness of the incumbent.
  3. An Ottoman official who acted as beylerbey of Egypt between regular appointments.
  4. An Ottoman official who acted as hospodar of Moldavia or Wallachia during any absence or illness of the incumbent.
  5. A lieutenant colonel in the Ottoman or early Turkish army, replaced by the rank of yarbay.
  6. Synonym of sanjakbey during the mid-19th century.
  7. An Ottoman official who oversaw a kaza during the late 19th and early 20th centuries; similar positions in Ottoman successor states.
  8. A local administrator in Turkey, Northern Cyprus, Iraq, and Lebanon.

Pronunciation

/kʌɪməˈkɑːm/

Word forms

kaymakam kaymakams qaimaqam qaim maqam kaimakam kaimacon kaimacan kaimakan kaimacham kaimacam caimacon caimacan caimakan caimacham caimacam caimakam caimaicon caimaican caimaikan caimaicham caimaicam caimaikam caymacon caymacan caymakan caymacham caymacam caymakam chaimacon chaimacan chaimakan chaimacham chaimacam chaimakam chaymacon chaymacan chaymakan chaymacham chaymacam chaymakam

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قایمقام (kaymakam), from Arabic مَقَام قَائِم (qāʔim maqām, “stand in”).

Synonyms

sanjakbey during the mid-19th century

Related words

kaymaˈkamlik

Translations

Albanian: kajmekam French: caïmakam Greek: καϊμακάμης Hungarian: kajmakám Romanian: caimacam Turkish: kaymakam Ottoman Turkish: قایمقام
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