ahkâm

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish احكام (ahkâm), from Arabic أَحْكَام (ʔaḥkām), plural of حُكْم (ḥukm).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ah.cam/

Noun

ahkâm (definite accusative ahkâmı)

Arabic plural of hüküm: laws, rules, verdicts, judgments, etc.

References

Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “ahkâm”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 20
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ahkâm”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

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