استحكام

See also: استحکام

Arabic

Root
ح ك م (ḥ-k-m)

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِسْتَحْكَمَ (istaḥkama).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /is.tiħ.kaːm/

Noun

اِسْتِحْكَام • (istiḥkām) m

  1. verbal noun of اِسْتَحْكَمَ (istaḥkama) (form X)
  2. intensification, fortification

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: istehkam
  • Persian: استحکام
  • Ottoman Turkish: استحكام (istihkam)
    • Turkish: istihkâm

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic اِسْتِحْكَام (istiḥkām), from ح ك م (ḥ-k-m).

Noun

استحكام • (istihkam) (plural استحكامات)

  1. (military) fortification
  2. (military) stronghold
  3. (military) engineering

Descendants

  • Turkish: istihkâm

References

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “istihkâm”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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