قایمقام
Appearance
Ottoman Turkish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- قائممقام (kaymakam, kaym makam)
Etymology
[edit]From Arabic قَائِم (qāʔim) + مَقَام (maqām).
Noun
[edit]قایمقام • (kaymakam)
- A rank of various mid-grade officials:
- (military) A rank of field officer: lieutenant colonel or a junior captain.
- A local governor below the rank of mutasarrif.
- An undersecretary.
- An interim or acting official.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قائممقام”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kaymakam”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قایمقام”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1429