hikmet
See also: hikmət
Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish حكمت (ḥikmet, “an ultimate occult cause or motive for existence or occurrence, a point of knowledge, a system of philosophy, science”),[1][2] from Arabic حِكْمَة (ḥikma, “wisdom, knowledge, philosophy”), verbal noun of حَكُمَ (ḥakuma, “to be wise, to establish solidly”).[3]
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithikmet (definite accusative hikmeti, plural hikmetler)
- wisdom, knowledge
- The purpose of God not understood by people.
- Secret reason.
- (dated) A word of advice.
- (obsolete) physics
- (obsolete) philosophy
Declension
edit| Inflection | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | hikmet | |
| Definite accusative | hikmeti | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | hikmet | hikmetler |
| Definite accusative | hikmeti | hikmetleri |
| Dative | hikmete | hikmetlere |
| Locative | hikmette | hikmetlerde |
| Ablative | hikmetten | hikmetlerden |
| Genitive | hikmetin | hikmetlerin |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حكمت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 798
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “حكمت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 514
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hikmet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
edit- “hikmet”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hikmet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1964