kaymakamlık
noun B2- the status of being a kaymakam
- the duties of a kaymakam
- the kaymakam’s office and all the government agencies under its authority.
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainThe k of kaymakamlık becomes ğ before a vowel: kaymakamlığım. The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -ım.
The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
The k of kaymakamlık becomes ğ before a vowel: kaymakamlığında. The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: kaymakamlığında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The k of kaymakamlık becomes ğ before a vowel: kaymakamlığıyla. The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: kaymakamlığıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
From the library
İşin içyüzünü bilenler, o kolunda taşıdığı kat kat sırmaları Saraylı Hanımın sayesinde kazandığını; yani, düğün olmadan evvel el öpmelik binbaşılığı, sonra da kandillerde, bayramlarda münasebet düştükçe kaymakamlığı, miralaylığı, livâlığı, Meşrutiyet'ten bir sene evvel de ferikliği yakalamış olduğunu hikâye ederler...
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