Etymology

ziamet

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Today it means: A form of land tenure in the Ottoman Empire. Full definition →

Ottoman Turkish زعامت ← Arabic زَعَامَة
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromزَعَامَة“leadership”
  2. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromزعامت
  3. English todayziamet

From Ottoman Turkish زعامت (zeamet), from Arabic زَعَامَة (zaʕāma, “leadership”)

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.