زعامت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زَعَامَة (zaʕāma, “leadership”).

Noun

زعامت • (zeʼâmet) (definite accusative زعامتی (zeʼâmeti), plural زعامتلر (zeʼâmetler))

  1. (historical) ziamet, a form of land tenure in the Ottoman Empire that had a tax revenue with an annual value between 20,000 and 100,000 aspers

Derived terms

  • اجماللو زعامت (icmâllı zeʼâmet, “military fief”)
  • اصحاب زعامت (eshâb-ı zeʼâmet, “owners of a ziamet”)
  • زعامت سپاهیسی (zeʼâmet sipahisi, “yeoman of a large fief”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: zeamet
  • → Armenian: զիամեթ (ziametʻ)
  • → English: ziamet

Further reading

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