قایمقام

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

From Arabic قَائِم (qāʔim) + 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
  • Romanian: caimacam

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