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حكم

Pronunciation: /ħa.ka.ma/

“حكم” is an Arabic word. Its 20 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to exercise authority, command, bid, over
  2. to rule, to reign, to decree
  3. to hit upon, to obtain
  4. to happen, to arrive, to befall
  5. to deliver a sentence, to judge between
  6. to bridle; to put the bit to a bridle
  7. to restrain, to withhold, to rein
  8. to keep, to preserve, to protect
  9. to be wise
  10. to establish solidly
  11. to appoint as a judge or governor
  12. to bid to give full judgment
  13. to give full powers
  14. to process farther, to produce, to develop, to metabolize

noun

  1. sentence, judgment
  2. jurisdiction
  3. power, authority
  4. magistrate
  5. government
  6. decree, command, precept
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