قایمقام

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

قائممقام (kaymakam, kaym makam)

Etymology

From Arabic قَائِم (qāʔim) + مَقَام (maqām).

Noun

قایمقام • (kaymakam)

A rank of various mid-grade officials:
1. (military) A rank of field officer: lieutenant colonel or a junior captain.
2. A local governor below the rank of mutasarrif.
3. An undersecretary.
An interim or acting official.

Descendants

Turkish: kaymakam
→ English: kaymakam
→ French: caïmakam
→ Hungarian: kajmakám
→ Romanian: caimacam

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قائممقام”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kaymakam”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قایمقام”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1429

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