hikmet

See also: hikmət

Turkish

Etymology

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”), from Arabic حِكْمَة (ḥikma, “wisdom, knowledge, philosophy”), verbal noun of حَكُمَ (ḥakuma, “to be wise, to establish solidly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hicˈmet/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: hik‧met

Noun

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

Declension of hikmet

	singular	plural
nominative	hikmet	hikmetler
definite accusative	hikmeti	hikmetleri
dative	hikmete	hikmetlere
locative	hikmette	hikmetlerde
ablative	hikmetten	hikmetlerden
genitive	hikmetin	hikmetlerin

Derived terms

• hikmetinden sual olunmaz
• hikmetli

Related terms

• ahkâm
• hakem
• hakim
• hekim
• hüküm
• hükümdar
• hükümet
• hükümran
• istihkâm
• mahkeme
• mahkûm
• muhakeme
• muhkem
• mütehakkim
• tahakküm
• tahkim

Further reading

• “hikmet”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “hikmet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1964