Turkish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish حاكمیت, from Arabic حَاكِمِيَّة (ḥākimiyya) (or formed like it in Ottoman Turkish), from حَاكِم (ḥākim).

Noun edit

hakimiyet (definite accusative hakimiyeti, plural hakimiyetler)

  1. authority, power, sovereignty

References edit

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “حاكمیت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 493
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hakim1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN