ahkâm

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish احكام (ahkâm), from Arabic أَحْكَام (ʔaḥkām), plural of حُكْم (ḥukm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ah.cam/

Noun

ahkâm (definite accusative ahkâmı)

1. Arabic plural of hüküm: laws, rules, verdicts, judgments, etc.

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “ahkâm”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (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