kaymakam.
A lieutenant or deputy in various Turkish contexts, particularly
Meaning & usage
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.
A lieutenant or deputy in various Turkish contexts, particularly An Ottoman official who acted as beylerbey of Egypt between regular appointments.
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.
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.
A lieutenant or deputy in various Turkish contexts, particularly Synonym of sanjakbey during the mid-19th century.
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.
A lieutenant or deputy in various Turkish contexts, particularly A local administrator in Turkey, Northern Cyprus, Iraq, and Lebanon.
Where this word comes from
From Ottoman Turkish قایمقام (kaymakam), from Arabic مَقَام قَائِم (qāʔim maqām, “stand in”).
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