tahakküm

Meaning

Pressure, oppression, tyranny, domineering.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ta.hacˈcym/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تحكم (taḥakküm, “a being or becoming judge or arbiter, arbitrage, wrongfully assuming to be judge or umpire, assumption, arrogance, dictation”), from Arabic تَحَكُّم (taḥakkum), verbal noun of تَحَكَّمَ (taḥakkama, “to have one's own way, to domineer, to control, to reign”).

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