خاخام

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew חָכָם (khakhám, “wise man; rabbi”).

Noun

خاخام • (haham)

(Judaism) rabbi, a Jewish scholar or teacher of Jewish law

Derived terms

خاخام باشی (haham başı, “chief rabbi of Costantinople”)
خاخاملق (hahamlık, “rabbinate”)

Descendants

Turkish: haham
→ Armenian: խախամ (xaxam)
→ Romanian: haham
→ Albanian: haham

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “haham”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1837
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “خاخام”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 525
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “haham”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خاخام”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 818

Persian

Alternative forms

حاخام (hâxâm)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew חָכָם (ḥāḵām). Compare Arabic حَاخَام (ḥāḵām).

Noun

خاخام • (xâxâm) (plural خاخام‌ها)

(Judaism) rabbi, Rabbi