حكمة

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See also: چکمه

Arabic

Root
ح ك م (ḥ k m)
18 terms

Etymology 1

From the verbal noun of حَكُمَ (ḥakuma, to be wise). Compare Hebrew חָכְמָה (ḥokhmá, wisdom) and Ugaritic 𐎈𐎋𐎎𐎚 (ḥkmt).

Pronunciation

Noun

حِكْمَة (ḥikmaf (plural حِكَم (ḥikam))

  1. wisdom
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 16:125:
      اُدْعُ إِلَىٰ سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِٱلْحِكْمَةِ وَٱلْمَوْعِظَةِ ٱلْحَسَنَةِ
      udʕu ʔilā sabīli rabbika bi-l-ḥikmati wal-mawʕiẓati l-ḥasanati
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. knowledge
  3. (obsolete) medical art
  4. philosophy
  5. justice, equity
  6. reason
  7. secret decree of God
  8. prophecy
  9. the Qur'an
  10. (Modern Standard Arabic) the Gospel
Declension
Descendants
References
  • Ahrens, Karl (1930) “Christliches im Qoran. Eine Nachlese”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 84, page 27

Etymology 2

Root
ح ك م (ḥ k m)
18 terms

Pronunciation

Noun

حَكَمَة (ḥakamaf (plural حَكَمَات (ḥakamāt))

  1. bridle, bit
    • a. 609, Zuhayr, إنّ الخليطَ أجدَّ البينَ فانفرقا:
      القَائِدَ الْخَيْلَ مَنْكُوبًا دَوَابِرُهَا قَدِّ أُحْكِمَتْ حَكَمَاتِ الْقِدِّ والأبَقا
      al-qāʔida l-ḵayla mankūban dawābiru-hā qaddi ʔuḥkimat ḥakamāti l-qiddi wa-l-ʔabaqā
      Leader of a horse of veering hind legs, fastened by bridles of leather strips and banana fibres.
  2. power, rank, station, position
Declension