caimacam

English

Noun

caimacam (plural caimacams)

  1. Obsolete form of kaymakam.

Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

caimacam m (plural caimacami)

  1. (historical) kaymakam, substitute of an Ottoman official

Declension

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