hikmah

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِكْمَة (ḥikma).

Noun

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hikmah (countable and uncountable, plural hikmahs)

  1. (Islam) Wisdom and understanding about the divine.
    • 1996, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Oliver Leaman, History of Islamic Philosophy, →ISBN, page 947:
      Therefore to study hikmah (theosophy) is to undertake a journey towards God; towards divinity; in other words, to al-Haklm
    • 2013, Abdullah Sahin, New Directions in Islamic Education: Pedagogy and Identity Formation, →ISBN:
      Furthermore, the Qur'anic concept of hikmah, or wisdom, together with the concept of kitab, constitute the content of the Divine curriculum (kitab wa hikmah) that different historical societies were initiated into.
    • 2015, Shahab Ahmed, What Is Islam?: The Importance of Being Islamic, →ISBN, page 16:
      As such, hikmah is the knowing of the idea and reality of the Universal Truth of Divine Creation; that is to say, hikmah is the knowing of the Truth of God -- as Ibn Sina wrote, it encompasses Divine Science.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay hikmah, from Classical Malay hikmah, from Arabic حِكْمَة (ḥikma). Doublet of hikmat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hikmah/
  • Hyphenation: hik‧mah

Noun

hikmah (first-person possessive hikmahku, second-person possessive hikmahmu, third-person possessive hikmahnya)

  1. wisdom
    Synonym: kebijaksanaan
  2. supernatural power
    Synonym: kesaktian
  3. use, benefit
    Synonym: manfaat

Derived terms

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Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِكْمَة (ḥikma).

Noun

hikmah (Jawi spelling حکمه, plural hikmah-hikmah, informal 1st possessive hikmahku, 2nd possessive hikmahmu, 3rd possessive hikmahnya)

  1. wisdom

Descendants

  • Indonesian: hikmah

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