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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic حَاكِمِيَّة (ḥākimiyya), but it may be an Arabic-based coinage from Ottoman Turkish حاكمیت (hâkimiyet). By surface analysis, حاکم (hâkem) +‎ ـیت (-iyyat).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? hākimiyyat
Dari reading? hākimiyat
Iranian reading? hâkemiyyat
Tajik reading? hokimiyat
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Noun

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Dari حاکمیت
Iranian Persian
Tajik соҳибихтиёрӣ

حاکمیت (hâkemiyyat)

  1. sovereignty
  2. jurisdiction
  3. rule, authority
    حاکمیت قانونhâkemiyyat-e qânunrule of law