قایمقام

قایمقام

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• قائممقام‎ (kaymakam, kaym makam)

Etymology

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

Noun

قایمقام • (kaymakam)

1. 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.
2. An interim or acting official.

Descendants

• Turkish: kaymakam
  • → English: kaymakam
• → French: caïmakam
• → Hungarian: kajmakám

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