Definitions For Kaymakam

Noun

KAYMAKAM (plural KAYMAKAMs) A lieutenant or deputy in various turkish contexts, particularly (politics, historical) An ottoman empire, ottoman official who acted as grand vizier and governor of constantinople during any absence or illness of the incumbent. during the mid-19th century. (politics, historical) An ottoman empire, ottoman official who oversaw a kaza during the late 19th and early 20th centuries; similar positions in Ottoman successor states. (politics) A local administrator in turkey, northern cyprus, iraq, and lebanon.

Coordinate terms

wali, sanjakbey, mutasarrif, mudir kaza, kaymakamlik

Related terms

kaymaˈkamlik

Translations

Albanian: kajmekam, m French: caïmakam Hungarian: kajmakám Ottoman Turkish: قایمقام (kaymakam) Romanian: caimacam Turkish: kaymakam

Alternative forms

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 , from قَائِم, , stand in, tr=qāʔim maqām.