Uyghur

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Etymology

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From Arabic حُكْم (ḥukm) +‎ Persian دار (dâr). By surface analysis, ھۈكۈم (hüküm) +‎ ـدار (-dar). Compare Azerbaijani hökmdar, Turkish hükümdar, Turkmen hökümdar, Uzbek hukmdor.

Noun

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ھۈكۈمدار (hükümdar) (plural ھۈكۈمدارلار (hükümdarlar))

  1. ruler (person who rules)