hikmet

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See also: hikmət

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish حكمت (ḥikmet, “an ultimate occult cause or motive for existence or occurrence, a point of knowledge, a system of philosophy, science”),[1][2] from Arabic حِكْمَة (ḥikma, “wisdom, knowledge, philosophy”), verbal noun of حَكُمَ (ḥakuma, “to be wise, to establish solidly”).[3]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /hicˈmet/
  • Hyphenation: hik‧met

Noun[edit]

hikmet (definite accusative hikmeti, plural hikmetler)

  1. wisdom, knowledge
  2. The purpose of God not understood by people.
  3. Secret reason.
  4. (dated) A word of advice.
  5. (obsolete) physics
  6. (obsolete) philosophy

Declension[edit]

Inflection
Nominative hikmet
Definite accusative hikmeti
Singular Plural
Nominative hikmet hikmetler
Definite accusative hikmeti hikmetleri
Dative hikmete hikmetlere
Locative hikmette hikmetlerde
Ablative hikmetten hikmetlerden
Genitive hikmetin hikmetlerin

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حكمت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 798
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “حكمت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 514
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hikmet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading[edit]

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