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kaymakam en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /kʌɪməˈkɑːm/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

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

Coordinates

kaza · sanjakbey · kaymakamlik · wali · mudir · mutasarrif

Relateds

kaymaˈkamlik

Synonyms

sanjakbey during the mid-19th century

Translations (8)

tr kaymakam (Various deputies or administrators in Turkish contexts) · ota قایمقام (Various deputies or administrators in Turkish contexts) · pl kajmakam (Various deputies or administrators in Turkish contexts) · sq kajmekam (Various deputies or administrators in Turkish contexts) · hu kajmakám (Various deputies or administrators in Turkish contexts) · ro caimacam (Various deputies or administrators in Turkish contexts) · fr caïmakam (Various deputies or administrators in Turkish contexts) · el καϊμακάμης (Various deputies or administrators in Turkish contexts)