كتخدا

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• كهیا (kâhya), كایها (kahya)

Etymology

From Persian [Term?].

Noun

كتخدا • (kethüda)

1. "a steward in a great man's household, also a manager in a farm or estate"; majordomo

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “kâhya”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “كتخدا”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2581
• Mallouf, Nassif (1867) “كتخدا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: Maisonneuve, page 1075