hetman

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English

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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 or hetmen)

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

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References

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

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French

Noun

hetman m (plural hetmans)

  1. hetman

Further reading

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German houbetman, heuptman, from houbet, heupt. Compare German Hauptmann. The e in hetman attests to a borrowing from an East Central German dialect, in which Middle High German -öu- gives -ē-.

Pronunciation

Noun

hetman m animal

  1. (chess) queen (chess piece)
    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, military) Cossack military commander
  2. (historical, military) title used by the senior military commanders in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (15th to 18th century)
  3. (Middle Polish, military) any sort of military leader

Declension

Declension of hetman
singular plural
nominative hetman hetmani/hetmany (deprecative)
genitive hetmana hetmanów
dative hetmanowi hetmanom
accusative hetmana hetmanów
instrumental hetmanem hetmanami
locative hetmanie hetmanach
vocative hetmanie hetmani

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Descendants

See also

Chess pieces in Polish · bierki szachowe (layout · text)
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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
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “hetman”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

Tok Pisin

Etymology

Possibly English head + man.

Noun

hetman

  1. chief; leader
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