حكمران

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian حکمران, compound of Arabic حُكْم (ḥukm) and Persian ران (rân).

Noun

حكمران • (hükümran)

1. ruler (one who rules)

   Synonym: حكمدار (hükümdar)

Derived terms

• حكمرانی

Descendants

• Turkish: hükümran

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hükümran”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حكمران”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 798