हुकूम

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حُكْم (ḥukm). Compare Gujarati હુકમ (hukam), Hindi हुक्म (hukm), Kannada ಹುಕುಮು (hukumu), Punjabi ਹੁਕਮ (hukam) / حُکم (ḥukm), Bengali হুকুম (hukum).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦu.kum/, [ɦu.kuːm]

Noun

हुकूम • (hukūm) m

1. order, instruction

   Synonyms: आदेश (ādeś), आज्ञा (ājñā)

   Antonym: विनंती (vinantī)

2. (card games) trump

Declension

Declension of हुकूम (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	हुकूम hukūm
direct plural	हुकूम hukūm
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	हुकूम hukūm		हुकूम hukūm
oblique सामान्यरूप	हुकूमा hukūmā		हुकूमां- hukūmān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	हुकूमाला hukūmālā		हुकूमांना hukūmānnā
ergative	हुकूमाने, हुकूमानं hukūmāne, hukūmāna		हुकूमांनी hukūmānnī
instrumental	हुकूमाशी hukūmāśī		हुकूमांशी hukūmānśī
locative सप्तमी	हुकूमात hukūmāt		हुकूमांत hukūmāt
vocative संबोधन	हुकूमा hukūmā		हुकूमांनो hukūmānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of हुकूम (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	हुकूमाचा hukūmāċā	हुकूमाचे hukūmāċe	हुकूमाची hukūmācī	हुकूमाच्या hukūmācā	हुकूमाचे, हुकूमाचं hukūmāċe, hukūmāċa	हुकूमाची hukūmācī	हुकूमाच्या hukūmācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	हुकूमांचा hukūmānċā	हुकूमांचे hukūmānċe	हुकूमांची hukūmāñcī	हुकूमांच्या hukūmāncā	हुकूमांचे, हुकूमांचं hukūmānċe, hukūmānċa	हुकूमांची hukūmāñcī	हुकूमांच्या hukūmāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

• हुकूमशहा (hukūmaśhā, “dictator”)
• हुकूमशाही (hukūmśāhī, “dictatorship”)

 

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “हुकूम”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “हुकूम”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “हुकूम,_हुक्म”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).