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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish احكام (ahkâm), from Arabic أَحْكَام (ʔaḥkām), plural of حُكْم (ḥukm).
Pronunciation
Noun
ahkâm (definite accusative ahkâmı)
- Arabic plural of hüküm: laws, rules, verdicts, judgments, etc.
References
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “ahkâm”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 20
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ahkâm”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN