s. m, n order, authority, (legal or executive), a command, rule, law; permission, leave, sanction; direction; control, management; decree, judgment. decision, sentence; demand; the first card thrown by rule in the game (Tásh):—hukam chaláuṉá, karná, v. a. To exercise authority:—hukam deṉá, v. a. To give or pass an order, to pass sentence, to deliver judgment, to decide; to instruct, to direct; to let, to permit, to sanction:—hukam hásal, s. m. Command:—hukam karná, v. a. To order, to command, to bid; to rule, to govern:—hukam manṉa, v. a. To obey:—hukam satt hoṉá, hojáṉá, v. n. To die (a Sikh term):—hukam satt manṉá, v. a. To obey an order very faithfully:—hukam uṭháuṉá, uṭhá deṉá, mansúkh karná, v. a. To upset or reverse an order:—hukam wajáuṉá, v. a. To execute, to carry out or obey an order.