Punjabi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian حکومت (hukūmat), from Arabic حُكُومَة (ḥukūma).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɦəkuːmət̪ə̆]

Noun

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ਹਕੂਮਤ (hakūmatf (Shahmukhi spelling حکومَت)

  1. government, rule, power, sway

Declension

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Declension of ਹਕੂਮਤ
dir. sg. ਹਕੂਮਤ (hakūmat)
dir. pl. ਹਕੂਮਤਾਂ (hakūmtā̃)
singular plural
direct ਹਕੂਮਤ (hakūmat) ਹਕੂਮਤਾਂ (hakūmtā̃)
oblique ਹਕੂਮਤ (hakūmat) ਹਕੂਮਤਾਂ (hakūmtā̃)
vocative ਹਕੂਮਤੇ (hakūmte) ਹਕੂਮਤੋ (hakūmto)
ablative ਹਕੂਮਤੋਂ (hakūmtõ)
locative ਹਕੂਮਤੇ (hakūmte) ਹਕੂਮਤੀਂ (hakūmtī̃)
instrumental ਹਕੂਮਤੇ (hakūmte) ਹਕੂਮਤੀਂ (hakūmtī̃)

References

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  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਹਕੂਮਤ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.