حكومة

See also: حکومت

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح ك م (ḥ-k-m); compare حَكَمَ (ḥakama, to pass judgment, to express an opinion).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħu.kuː.ma/
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Noun

حُكُومَة (ḥukūma) f (plural حُكُومَات (ḥukūmāt))

  1. verbal noun of حَكَمَ (ḥakama) (form I)
  2. government
  3. authority, dominion
  4. empire, state
  5. jurisdiction
  6. sentence, judgment

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), حكومة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), حكم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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