hakem

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish حكم (ḥakem, “an arbitrator, referee, also an umpire”),^[1][2] from Arabic حَكَم (ḥakam, “judge, arbitrator, commander”), verbal noun of حَكَمَ (ḥakama, “to exercise authority, to command, to bid, to rule”).^[3]

• IPA^(key): /haˈcem/
• Hyphenation: ha‧kem

hakem (definite accusative hakemi, plural hakemler)

1. An arbitrator, judge.
2. (dated) Someone who is well versed on a subject.
3. (sports) referee

• “hakem”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hakem”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1841