استحكام

See also: استحکام

Arabic

Root
ح ك م (ḥ-k-m)

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِسْتَحْكَمَ (istaḥkama).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /is.tiħ.kaːm/

Noun

اِسْتِحْكَام • (istiḥkām) m

1. verbal noun of اِسْتَحْكَمَ (istaḥkama) (form X)
2. intensification, fortification

Declension

Declension of noun اِسْتِحْكَام (istiḥkām)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِسْتِحْكَام istiḥkām	الِاسْتِحْكَام al-istiḥkām	اِسْتِحْكَام istiḥkām
Nominative	اِسْتِحْكَامٌ istiḥkāmun	الِاسْتِحْكَامُ al-istiḥkāmu	اِسْتِحْكَامُ istiḥkāmu
Accusative	اِسْتِحْكَامًا istiḥkāman	الِاسْتِحْكَامَ al-istiḥkāma	اِسْتِحْكَامَ istiḥkāma
Genitive	اِسْتِحْكَامٍ istiḥkāmin	الِاسْتِحْكَامِ al-istiḥkāmi	اِسْتِحْكَامِ istiḥkāmi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: istehkam
• → Persian: استحکام
  • → Urdu: استحکام
• → Ottoman Turkish: استحكام (istihkam)
  • Turkish: istihkâm

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic اِسْتِحْكَام (istiḥkām), from ح ك م (ḥ-k-m).

Noun

استحكام • (istihkam) (plural استحكامات)

1. (military) fortification
2. (military) stronghold
3. (military) engineering

Descendants

• Turkish: istihkâm

References

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “istihkâm”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN