Urdu Dictionary

حکومت ḥukūmat for A. حکومة, inf. n. of حکم 'to restrain,' c.

P حکومت ḥukūmat (for A. حکومة, inf. n. of حکم 'to restrain,' &c.), s.f. Judicial authority; jurisdiction authority, power, sway, dominion, rule, sovereignty, government:—ḥukūmat jatānā, To make a display of authority:—ḥukūmat-ě-shaḵẖṣī, s.f. Dominion or sway of an individual; monarchy; despotic government:—ḥukūmat karnā (-par), To exercise authority (over); to rule, govern:—ḥukūmat-jamhūrī, s.f. A republic, democracy (=riyāsat-jamhūrī).