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‖ kehaya|kɛhəˈjɑː|
Forms: 6 cahaia, 7 cayha, cahay, caya, kia(y(a, 8 kehaja, k(i)aya, kiyaya, chiaia, kaia, caia, 8–9 kiaja, 9 kiayah, kehaya.
[Turk. kiḥayā, kekhyā, etc., corrupt forms of Pers. (and Turk.) katkhudā (cf. kad house + khudā master), viceroy, vicar, deputy, etc.]
A Turkish viceroy, deputy, agent, etc.; a local governor; a village chief.
1599Hakluyt Voy. II. ii. 192 A Cahaia of the Andoluzes..and another principall Moore. 1625Purchas Pilgrims I. iii. xi. §3. 256 The seuenth day, I was sent for to the Cayhas garden. 1688Lond. Gaz. No. 2308/2 Rageb the Caimacan, his Kiaia or Lieutenant. 1702Ibid. No. 3875/2 The last having served him as his Kehaja. 1717Lady M. W. Montagu Let. to C'tess Mar 18 Apr., The Greek lady with me earnestly solicited me to visit the kiyaya's lady, saying, he was the second officer in the empire. a1734North Lives (1742) II. 450 The money demanded was..twenty-five purses for the vizier, and five for the kaia and officers. 1819T. Hope Anastasius (1827) III. v. 122 In the capacity of the Pasha's kehaya, he enjoyed both the direction of his councils and the command of his armies. 1895Daily News 21 Mar. 5/6 They had a Kehaya who led them... A Kehaya is a leader or head man. |