हुक्म

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حُكْم (ḥukm). Compare Bengali হুকুম (hukum), Gujarati હુકમ (hukam), Marathi हुकूम (hukūm), Kannada ಹುಕುಮು (hukumu), Punjabi ਹੁਕਮ (hukam).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦʊkm/, /ɦʊ.kʊm/, [ɦʊ.kʊ̃m]

Noun

हुक्म • (hukm) m (Urdu spelling حکم)

1. order, instruction

   Synonyms: आदेश (ādeś), आज्ञा (ājñā)

   Antonym: विनती (vintī)

   मेरे हुक्म को सुनो! ― mere hukm ko suno! ― Listen to my orders!

2. (card games) spade

   हुक्म का इक्का ― hukm kā ikkā ― ace of spades

Declension

Declension of हुक्म (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हुक्म hukm	हुक्म hukm
oblique	हुक्म hukm	हुक्मों hukmõ
vocative	हुक्म hukm	हुक्मो hukmo

See also

Suits in Hindi · रंग (raṅg) (layout · text)
पान (pān)	ईंट (ī̃ṭ)	हुक्म (hukm)	चिड़ी (ciṛī)