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Also written تحكم: تَحَكَّمَ (to have one's own way)
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Most common words from the same root
تَحَكُّم in English
Noun · masculine
Verbal noun of تَحَكَّمَ (to have one's own way): the act or idea of the verb.
- commanding, domineering, control, highhandedness
.لم يكتف الاحتلال ببناء الجدار الفاصل وعزلنا عن مقبرة العائلة واراضينا ومصادرة أكثر من 13 دونما من اراضينا الزراعية، يريد اليوم التحكم في عملية الدخول والخروج من والى النفقThe [Israeli] occupation does not content itself with the building of the separating wall and in secluding us from the family graveyard and our lands and with the confiscation of more than 13 dunam of our croplands, it yearns for the day of mastership in the process of entering and leaving from and to the tunnel.2017 October 24, “بوابات الاحتلال في الولجة تمهد لعزل المواطنين عن اراضيهم”, in AlQuds.com, archived from the original on 24 Oct 2017
Word origin
Verbal noun of تَحَكَّمَ (taḥakkama).
Words from the root ح-ك-م
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
to exercise authority, command, bid, over; to rule, to reign, to decree; to hit upon, to obtain
to bridle; to put the bit to a bridle; to restrain, to withhold, to rein; to keep, to preserve, to protect
to be wise; to establish solidly
to appoint as a judge or governor; to bid to give full judgment; to give full powers
to tighten, to clench, (in a bysense, and so translatable) to consolidate, to increase in strength; to get hold of, to seize, to bring or maintain under control, to grab tightly; to master, to know well or to be proficient in, to be able in
to have one's own way; to domineer; to control, to be in command (في of); to reign, to govern
to get settled; to arbitrate in; to accept an arbitration in
تَحَكُّم in a sentence
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commanding
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