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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تحكم (taḥakküm, “a being or becoming judge or arbiter, arbitrage, wrongfully assuming to be judge or umpire, assumption, arrogance, dictation”),[1][2] from Arabic تَحَكُّم (taḥakkum), verbal noun of تَحَكَّمَ (taḥakkama, “to have one's own way, to domineer, to control, to reign”).[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta.hacˈcym/
- Hyphenation: ta‧hak‧küm
Noun
tahakküm (definite accusative tahakkümü, plural tahakkümler)
- Pressure, oppression, tyranny, domineering.
- Synonyms: baskı, zorbalık, (archaic) müstebitlik
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References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تحكم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 509
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تحكم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 351
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tahakküm”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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