hetman

hetman

English

Etymology

From Polish hetman, probably from Middle High German houbetman, heuptman (“commander”), from houbet, heupt (“head”), related to Latin caput (“head”), + Middle High German man (“man”). Compare modern German Hauptmann (“captain”), Haupt, Mann. The Polish e in hetman attests to a borrowing from an East Central German dialect, in which Middle High German -öu- gives -ē-.

Noun

hetman (plural hetmans)

1. (historical) A Cossack headman or general.
2. Title used by the second-highest military commander in Poland and Lithuania (15th to 18th century).

Translations

a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries

Belarusian: ге́тман m (hjétman) Bulgarian: хе́тман m (hétman) Chinese: Mandarin: 蓋特曼／盖特曼 (gàitèmàn) Czech: hejtman (cs) m Danish: hetman c Finnish: hetmani (fi) Georgian: ჰეტმანი (heṭmani) Greek: χετμάνος m (chetmános) Hungarian: hetman (hu) Italian: etmano m Japanese: ヘトマン (hetoman) Korean: 헤트만 (heteuman) Lithuanian: etmonas m Macedonian: хе́тман m (hétman) Polish: hetman (pl) m Portuguese: hétmã m, hétmane m Romanian: hatman (ro) m Russian: ге́тман (ru) m (gétman) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: хетман m Roman: hetman (sh) m Spanish: hetman m Swedish: hetman (sv) c Ukrainian: ге́тьман m (hétʹman) Uzbek: getman (uz)

See also

• ataman
• hegumen

References

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “гетьман”, in Етимологічний словник української мови: у 7 т. [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 7 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

Anagrams

• Hemant, Manthe, anthem, mentha, nameth, the man

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French

Noun

hetman m (plural hetmans)

1. hetman

Further reading

• “hetman”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɛt.man/

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• Rhymes: -ɛtman
• Syllabification: het‧man

Noun

hetman m anim

1. (chess) queen

   Synonyms: dama, królowa, królówka

Declension

Declension of hetman

	singular	plural
nominative	hetman	hetmany
genitive	hetmana	hetmanów
dative	hetmanowi	hetmanom
accusative	hetmana	hetmany
instrumental	hetmanem	hetmanami
locative	hetmanie	hetmanach
vocative	hetmanie	hetmany

Noun

hetman m pers

1. (historical) a Cossack military commander
2. (historical) title used by the senior military commanders in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (15th to 18th century)

Declension

Declension of hetman

	singular	plural
nominative	hetman	hetmani
genitive	hetmana	hetmanów
dative	hetmanowi	hetmanom
accusative	hetmana	hetmanów
instrumental	hetmanem	hetmanami
locative	hetmanie	hetmanach
vocative	hetmanie	hetmani

See also

Chess pieces in Polish · bierki szachowe (layout · text)
król	hetman, królowa, królówka, dama	wieża	goniec, laufer, giermek	skoczek, koń, konik	pion, pionek

Further reading

• hetman in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• hetman in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

Possibly English head + man.

Noun

hetman

1. chief; leader