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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish حكومت (hüḱumet), from Arabic حُكُومَة (ḥukūma).
Compare also Azerbaijani hökümət, Turkmen hökümet, Uzbek hukumat, Kumyk гьукумат (hukumat), Tatar хөкүмәт (xökümät), Bashkir хөкүмәт (xökümət), Siberian Tatar ҡөкөмәт (qökömät), Kazakh үкімет (ükımet), Kyrgyz өкмөт (ökmöt), etc.
Pronunciation
Noun
hükûmet (definite accusative hükûmeti, plural hükûmetler)
- government
- Synonyms: Bakanlar Kurulu, kabine
Declension
- hükümet (much more common, but officially incorrect)
Derived terms