حکومت
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Pashto
Noun
حکومت • (hukumát) m
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic حُكُومَة (ḥukūma).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | hukūmat |
| Dari reading? | hukūmat |
| Iranian reading? | hokumat |
| Tajik reading? | hukumat |
Noun
| Dari | حکومت |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | ҳукумат |
حُکومَت • (hokumat) (plural حکومت‌ها (hokumat-hâ))
Usage notes
- In contemporary Iranian contexts, the word دولت (dowlat, “government”) refers to that section of the government presided by the رئیس‌جمهور (ra'is-jomhur, “President”) and his cabinet. The word حکومت (hokumat, “state”) refers to the entirety of the governmental apparatus under the supervision of the رهبر (rahbar, “Supreme Leader”).
Inflection
| Basic forms of حکومت (hokumat) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| bare | حکومت (hokumat) |
حکومت‌ها (hokumat-hấ) حکومتا △ (hokumatấ) |
| definitive direct object | حکومت را (hokumat râ) حکومت رو △ (hokumato) |
حکومت‌ها را (hokumat-hấ râ) حکومتا رو △ (hokumatấ ro) |
| ezâfe | حکومت (hokumat-e) |
حکومت‌های (hokumat-hấ-ye) حکومتای △ (hokumatấ-ye) |
| marked indefinite or relative definite |
حکومتی (hokumat-i) |
حکومت‌هایی (hokumatấn-i, hokumat-hấ-i) حکومتایی △ (hokumatấi) |
| △ Colloquial. | ||
| Possessive forms of حکومت (hokumat) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| 1st person singular (“my”) |
حکومتم (hokumátam) |
حکومت‌هایم (hokumat-hấyam) حکومت‌هام، حکومتام △ (hokumatấm) |
| 2nd person singular (“your”) |
حکومتت (hokumátat) △ (hokumátet) |
حکومت‌هایت (hokumat-hấyat) حکومت‌هات، حکومتات △ (hokumatất) |
| 3rd person singular (“his, her, its”) |
حکومتش (hokumátaš) △ (hokumáteš) |
حکومت‌هایش (hokumat-hấyaš) حکومت‌هاش، حکومتاش △ (hokumatấš) |
| 1st plural (“our”) |
حکومتمان (hokumátemân) حکومتمون △ (hokumátemun) |
حکومت‌هایمان (hokumat-hấyemân) حکومت‌هامون، حکومتامون △ (hokumatấmun) |
| 2nd plural (“your”) |
حکومتتان (hokumátetân) حکومتتون △ (hokumátetun) |
حکومت‌هایتان (hokumat-hấyetân) حکومت‌هاتون، حکومتاتون △ (hokumatấtun) |
| 3rd plural (“their”) |
حکومتشان (hokumátešân) حکومتشون △ (hokumátešun) |
حکومت‌هایشان (hokumat-hấyešân) حکومت‌هاشون، حکومتاشون △ (hokumatấšun) |
| △ Colloquial. | ||
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian حُکُومَت (hukūmat), from Arabic حُكُومَة (ḥukūma).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɦʊ.kuː.mət̪/
- (colloquial) IPA(key):
Audio (Pakistan): (file) - Rhymes: -ət̪
- Hyphenation: حُ‧کُو‧مَت
Noun
حُکُومَت • (hukūmat) f (Hindi spelling हुकूमत)
- government
- Synonym: سَرْکَار (sarkār)
- power, reign, rule
- Synonym: دَور (daur)
- jurisdiction; authority
- Synonym: اِخْتِیَار (ixtiyār)
Declension
| Declension of حکومت | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| direct | حُکُومَت (hukūmat) | حُکُومَتیں (hukūmatẽ) | ||||||
| oblique | حُکُومَت (hukūmat) | حُکُومَتوں (hukūmatõ) | ||||||
| vocative | حُکُومَت (hukūmat) | حُکُومَتو (hukūmato) | ||||||
See also
Further reading
- “حکومت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “حکومت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “حکومت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “حکومت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “حکومت”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “حکومت”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC