Hindi edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

हुक्म (hukmm (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 इक्काhukm kā ikkāace of spades

Declension edit

See also edit

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