hikmet

See also: hikmət

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish حكمت (ḥikmet, “an ultimate occult cause or motive for existence or occurrence, a point of knowledge, a system of philosophy, science”),^[1]^[2] from Arabic حِكْمَة (ḥikma, “wisdom, knowledge, philosophy”), verbal noun of حَكُمَ (ḥakuma, “to be wise, to establish solidly”).^[3]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /hicˈmet/
Hyphenation: hik‧met

Noun edit

hikmet (definite accusative hikmeti, plural hikmetler)

wisdom, knowledge
The purpose of God not understood by people.
Secret reason.
(dated) A word of advice.
(obsolete) physics
(obsolete) philosophy

Declension edit

Inflection
Nominative	hikmet
Definite accusative	hikmeti
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hikmet	hikmetler
Definite accusative	hikmeti	hikmetleri
Dative	hikmete	hikmetlere
Locative	hikmette	hikmetlerde
Ablative	hikmetten	hikmetlerden
Genitive	hikmetin	hikmetlerin

Derived terms edit

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References edit

^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حكمت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 798
^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “حكمت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 514
^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hikmet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük