hetman

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• CMU ARPABET: HH EH1 T M AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Polish hetman, probably from Middle High German houbetman, heuptman (“commander”), from Old High German houbitman, from Proto-West Germanic *haubidamann. Compare modern German Hauptmann (“captain”), Haupt, Mann. The Polish e in hetman attests to a borrowing from an East Central German dialect, in which Middle High German -öu- gives -ē-. Doublet of head man.

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: حطمان (hətaman) — a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries
• Azerbaijani: getman — a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries
• Belarusian: ге́тман (hjétman) — a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries
• Bulgarian: хе́тман (hétman) — a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries
• Chinese Mandarin: 蓋特曼 /盖特曼 (gàitèmàn) — a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries
• Czech: hejtman — a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries
• Danish: hetman — a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries
• Finnish: hetmani — a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries
• Georgian: ჰეტმანი (heṭmani) — a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries
• German: Hetman — a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries
• Greek: χετμάνος (chetmános) — a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries
• Hungarian: hetman — a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries
• Italian: etmano — a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries
• Japanese: ヘトマン (hetoman) — a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries
• Korean: 헤트만 (heteuman) — a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries
• Lithuanian: etmonas — a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries
• Macedonian: хе́тман (hétman) — a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries
• Polish: hetman — a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries
• Portuguese: hétmã — a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries
• Portuguese: hétmane — a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries
• Romanian: hatman — a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries
• Russian: ге́тман (gétman) — a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries
• Serbo-Croatian: хетман — a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries
• Serbo-Croatian: hetman — a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries
• Spanish: hetman — a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries
• Swedish: hetman — a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries
• Ottoman Turkish: هطمان (hetman) — a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries
• Ukrainian: ге́тьман (hétʹman) — a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries
• Uzbek: getman — a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries