حكومة

See also: حکومت‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح ك م‎ (ḥ-k-m).

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

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

• → Azerbaijani: hökümət
• → Bashkir: хөкүмәт (xökümät)
• → Bengali: হুকুমত (hukumôt)
• → Hindi: हुकूमत (hukūmat)
• → Kazakh: үкімет (ükimet)
• → Kyrgyz: өкмөт (ökmöt)
• → Pashto: حکومت‎ (hokumát)
• → Persian: حکومت‎ (hokumat)
• → Tatar: хөкүмәт (xökümät)
• → Tajik: ҳукумат (hukumat)
• → Turkish: hükûmet
• → Turkmen: hökümet
• → Urdu: حکومت‎ (hukūmat)
• → Uyghur: ھۆكۈمەت‎ (hökümet)
• → Uzbek: hukumat

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