خاخام

Ottoman Turkish

خاخام

Etymology

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

Noun

خاخام • (haham)

1. (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

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], 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 (xâxâm-hâ))

1. (Judaism) rabbi, Rabbi