hakimiyet

Turkish

Alternative forms

• hâkimiyet

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish حاكمیت, from Arabic حَاكِمِيَّة (ḥākimiyya) (or formed like it in Ottoman Turkish), from حَاكِم (ḥākim).

Noun

hakimiyet (definite accusative hakimiyeti, plural hakimiyetler)

1. authority, power, sovereignty

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “حاكمیت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 493
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hakim1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN