حكومة

See also: حکومت

Arabic

Root
ح ك م (ḥ-k-m)

Etymology

Verbal noun of حَكَمَ (ḥakama).

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

   الْحُكُومَة تَعْمَل جَاهِدَة لِتَحْقِيق التَّنْمِيَّة الاِقْتِصَادِيَّة.

   al-ḥukūma(t) taʕmal jāhida(t) litaḥqīq at-tanmiyya(t) al-iqtiṣādiyya.

   The government is working diligently to achieve economic development.

3. authority, dominion
4. empire, state
5. jurisdiction
6. sentence, judgment

Declension

Declension of noun حُكُومَة (ḥukūma)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حُكُومَة ḥukūma	الْحُكُومَة al-ḥukūma	حُكُومَة ḥukūmat
Nominative	حُكُومَةٌ ḥukūmatun	الْحُكُومَةُ al-ḥukūmatu	حُكُومَةُ ḥukūmatu
Accusative	حُكُومَةً ḥukūmatan	الْحُكُومَةَ al-ḥukūmata	حُكُومَةَ ḥukūmata
Genitive	حُكُومَةٍ ḥukūmatin	الْحُكُومَةِ al-ḥukūmati	حُكُومَةِ ḥukūmati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حُكُومَتَيْن ḥukūmatayn	الْحُكُومَتَيْن al-ḥukūmatayn	حُكُومَتَيْ ḥukūmatay
Nominative	حُكُومَتَانِ ḥukūmatāni	الْحُكُومَتَانِ al-ḥukūmatāni	حُكُومَتَا ḥukūmatā
Accusative	حُكُومَتَيْنِ ḥukūmatayni	الْحُكُومَتَيْنِ al-ḥukūmatayni	حُكُومَتَيْ ḥukūmatay
Genitive	حُكُومَتَيْنِ ḥukūmatayni	الْحُكُومَتَيْنِ al-ḥukūmatayni	حُكُومَتَيْ ḥukūmatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حُكُومَات ḥukūmāt	الْحُكُومَات al-ḥukūmāt	حُكُومَات ḥukūmāt
Nominative	حُكُومَاتٌ ḥukūmātun	الْحُكُومَاتُ al-ḥukūmātu	حُكُومَاتُ ḥukūmātu
Accusative	حُكُومَاتٍ ḥukūmātin	الْحُكُومَاتِ al-ḥukūmāti	حُكُومَاتِ ḥukūmāti
Genitive	حُكُومَاتٍ ḥukūmātin	الْحُكُومَاتِ al-ḥukūmāti	حُكُومَاتِ ḥukūmāti

Descendants

• → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܘܼܟܡܵܐ (hūkmā)
• → Classical Persian: حکومت (hukūmat)
  • Persian: حکومت (hokumat)
  • Tajik: ҳукумат (hukumat)
  • → Azerbaijani: hökümət
  • → Bashkir: хөкүмәт (xökümət)
  • → Bengali: হুকুমত (hukumot)
  • → Hindi: हुकूमत (hukūmat)
  • → Kazakh: үкімет (ükımet)
  • → Kumyk: гьукумат (hukumat)
  • → Kyrgyz: өкмөт (ökmöt)
  • → Tatar: хөкүмәт (xökümät)
  • → Turkmen: hökümet
  • → Urdu: حکومت (hukūmat)
  • → Uyghur: ھۆكۈمەت (hökümet)
  • → Uzbek: hukumat
• → Lishana Deni: חוכומא (ḥukūma)
• → Mabaan: akuuma
• → Ottoman Turkish: حكومت (hüḱumet)
  • Turkish: hükümet, hükûmet
  • Crimean Tatar: ükümet

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “حكومة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], 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