hikmet

See also: hikmət

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited 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
  • IPA(key): /hicˈmet/
  • Hyphenation: hik‧met

Noun

hikmet (definite accusative hikmeti, plural hikmetler)

  1. wisdom, knowledge
  2. The purpose of God not understood by people.
  3. Secret reason.
  4. (dated) A word of advice.
  5. (obsolete) physics
  6. (obsolete) philosophy

Declension
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
  • hikmetinden sual olunmaz
  • hikmetli

References
  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حكمت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 798
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “حكمت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 514
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hikmet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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