hakimiyet

Turkish

Alternative forms

hâkimiyet

Etymology

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

Noun

hakimiyet (definite accusative hakimiyeti, plural hakimiyetler)

authority, power, sovereignty

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911), “حاكمیت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 493
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “hakim1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN

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