ਹਕੂਮਤ

Punjabi

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Arabic حَكَمَ (ḥakama)

Arabic حُكُومَة (ḥukūma)bor.

Classical Persian (hukūmat)bor.

Punjabi ਹਕੂਮਤ (hakūmat)

Borrowed from Classical Persian (hukūmat), borrowed from Arabic حُكُومَة (ḥukūma), from حَكَمَ (ḥakama).

Pronunciation

(Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ɦə.kuː.mət̪ə̆/
Hyphenation: ਹ‧ਕੂ‧ਮਤ
Rhymes: -ət̪

Noun

ਹਕੂਮਤ • (hakūmat) f (Shahmukhi spelling حکومَت)

government, rule, power, sway

Declension

Declension of **ਹਕੂਮਤ**
	singular	plural
direct	ਹਕੂਮਤ (hakūmat)	ਹਕੂਮਤਾਂ (hakūmtā̃)
oblique	ਹਕੂਮਤ (hakūmat)	ਹਕੂਮਤਾਂ (hakūmtā̃)
vocative	ਹਕੂਮਤੇ (hakūmte)	ਹਕੂਮਤੋ (hakūmto)
ablative	ਹਕੂਮਤੋਂ (hakūmtõ)	ਹਕੂਮਤਿਆੰ (hakūmtiā̃)
locative	ਹਕੂਮਤੇ (hakūmte)	ਹਕੂਮਤੀਂ (hakūmtī̃)
instrumental	ਹਕੂਮਤੇ (hakūmte)	ਹਕੂਮਤੀਂ (hakūmtī̃)

References

Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਹਕੂਮਤ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.