hikmah

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِكْمَة (ḥikma).

Noun

hikmah (countable and uncountable, plural hikmahs)

1. (Islam) Wisdom and understanding about the divine.
   • 1996, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Oliver Leaman, History of Islamic Philosophy, →ISBN, page 947:

     Therefore to study hikmah (theosophy) is to undertake a journey towards God; towards divinity; in other words, to al-Haklm

   • 2013, Abdullah Sahin, New Directions in Islamic Education: Pedagogy and Identity Formation, →ISBN:

     Furthermore, the Qur'anic concept of hikmah, or wisdom, together with the concept of kitab, constitute the content of the Divine curriculum (kitab wa hikmah) that different historical societies were initiated into.

   • 2015, Shahab Ahmed, What Is Islam?: The Importance of Being Islamic, →ISBN, page 16:

     As such, hikmah is the knowing of the idea and reality of the Universal Truth of Divine Creation; that is to say, hikmah is the knowing of the Truth of God -- as Ibn Sina wrote, it encompasses Divine Science.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay hikmah, from Classical Malay hikmah, from Arabic حِكْمَة (ḥikma). Doublet of hikmat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hikmah/
• Hyphenation: hik‧mah

Noun

hikmah (plural hikmah-hikmah)

1. wisdom

   Synonym: kebijaksanaan

2. supernatural power

   Synonym: kesaktian

3. use, benefit

   Synonym: manfaat

Derived terms

• berhikmah

Further reading

• “hikmah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِكْمَة (ḥikma).

Noun

hikmah (Jawi spelling حکمه, plural hikmah-hikmah, informal 1st possessive hikmahku, 2nd possessive hikmahmu, 3rd possessive hikmahnya)

1. wisdom

Descendants

• Indonesian: hikmah

Further reading

• “hikmah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.