قایمقام

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• قائممقام (kaymakam, kaym makam)

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

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قائممقام”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kaymakam”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قایمقام”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1429