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Inherited from Malay hukum, from Classical Malay hukum, from Arabic حُكْم (ḥukm).
hukum (plural hukum-hukum)
- law:
- (law) a binding regulation or custom established by its legislative and judicial authorities in a community
- (sciences) a statement (in physics, etc) of an (observed, established) order or sequence or relationship of phenomena which is invariable under certain conditions
- sentence, verdict, the decision or judgement of a court Synonyms: hukuman, putusan, vonis
From Classical Malay hukum, from Arabic حُكْم (ḥukm).
- IPA(key): /ˈhukum/ [ˈhu.kum]
- Hyphenation: hu‧kum
hukum (Jawi spelling حکم, plural hukum-hukum)
- (law) law
- provisions, rules
