حکمت

See also: حكمت and حكمة

Persian

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hɪk.mát̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪk.mát̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔik.mát̪]

حکمت • (hikmat / hekmat) (plural حکم (hikam / hekam), Tajik spelling ҳикмат)

wisdom; knowledge
Synonyms: خرد (xirad / xerad), علم (ilm / elm), عقل (aql / aġl)
- c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 489”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divan of Hafez]‎^[1]:
  ای در رخ تو پیدا انوار پادشاهی
  در فکرت تو پنهان صد حکمت الهی
  ay dar rux-i tū paydā anwār-i pādišāhī
  dar fikrat-i tū pinhān sad hikmat-i ilāhī
  O you whose cheeks gleam with the light of an emperor,
  A hundred divine mysteries are hidden in your thoughts.
  (Classical Persian romanization)
(historical or Islam) philosophy, theosophy, metaphysics; traditionally a broader and more Islamic category than (falsafe), which referred only to Hellenistic philosophy.
― hekmat-e arastu ― Aristotle's philosophy

― hekmat-e ešraq ― the philosophy of Illumination; Illuminationism
(often in the plural) word of wisdom; sage advice
Synonyms: پند (pand), اندرز (andarz)
(archaic) medical practice; medicine
Synonym: طب (tibb / tebb)

حکمت • (hikmat / hekmat)

حکمت • (hikmat) f (Hindi spelling हिकमत)