hikmet

== Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish حكمت (ḥikmet, “an ultimate occult cause or motive for existence or occurrence, a point of knowledge, a system of philosophy, science”), from Arabic حِكْمَة (ḥikma, “wisdom, knowledge, philosophy”), verbal noun of حَكُمَ (ḥakuma, “to be wise, to establish solidly”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hicˈmet/ Hyphenation: hik‧met === Noun === hikmet (definite accusative hikmeti, plural hikmetler) wisdom, knowledge The purpose of God not understood by people. Secret reason. (dated) A word of advice. (obsolete) physics (obsolete) philosophy ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “hikmet”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “hikmet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1964