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hetman en · NOUN

Etymology

From Polish hetman, probably from Middle High German houbetman, heuptman (“commander”), from Old High German houbitman, from Proto-West Germanic *haubidamann. Compare modern German Hauptmann (“captain”), Haupt, Mann. The Polish e in hetman attests to a borrowing from an East Central German dialect, in which Middle High German -öu- gives -ē-. Doublet of head man.

Meanings

1. A Cossack headman or general.
2. Title used by the second-highest military commander in Poland and Lithuania (15th to 18th century).

Forms

Deriveds

hetmanship · hetmanate

Relateds

ataman · hegumen

Translations (29)

cs hejtman (a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries) · ka ჰეტმანი (a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries) · ko 헤트만 (a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries) · it etmano (a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries) · cmn 蓋特曼 /盖特曼 (a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries) · ro hatman (a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries) · az حطمان (a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries) · pt hétmane (a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries) · uk ге́тьман (a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries) · sh hetman (a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries) · sh хетман (a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries) · be ге́тман (a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries) · ja ヘトマン (a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries) · ru ге́тман (a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries) · pl hetman (a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries) · mk хе́тман (a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries) · de Hetman (a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries) · el χετμάνος (a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries) · lt etmonas (a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries) · es hetman (a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries) · fi hetmani (a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries) · pt hétmã (a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries) · hu hetman (a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries) · sv hetman (a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries) · da hetman (a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries) · az getman (a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries) · uz getman (a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries) · ota هطمان (a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries) · bg хе́тман (a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries)