हुक्म

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حُكْم (ḥukm). Compare Bengali হুকুম (hukum), Gujarati હુકમ (hukam), Marathi हुकूम (hukūm), Kannada ಹುಕುಮು (hukumu), Punjabi ਹੁਕਮ (hukam).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɦʊkm/, /ɦʊ.kʊm/, [ɦʊ.kʊ̃m]

Noun

हुक्म • (hukm) m (Urdu spelling حکم)

  1. order, instruction
    Synonyms: आदेश (ādeś), आज्ञा (ājñā)
    Antonym: विनती (vintī)
    मेरे हुक्म को सुनो! ― mere hukm ko suno! ― Listen to my orders!
  2. (card games) spade
    हुक्म का इक्का ― hukm kā ikkā ― ace of spades

Declension
Declension of हुक्म (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct हुक्म
hukm		 हुक्म
hukm
oblique हुक्म
hukm		 हुक्मों
hukmõ
vocative हुक्म
hukm		 हुक्मो
hukmo

See also
Suits in Hindi · रंग (raṅg) (layout · text)
पान (pān) ईंट (ī̃ṭ) हुक्म (hukm) चिड़ी (ciṛī)
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