an ukase, absolutist edict decreed by a Russian czar or (later) emperor · any absolute order and/or arrogant proclamation
çekim: çoğul oekazen
köken: Borrowed from French ukase, from Russian ука́з (ukáz, “edict, decree”), from Old East Slavic указъ (ukazŭ, “edict”), from указать (ukazatĭ, “to show, decree”), from Old Church Slavonic указати (ukazati, “to show, decree”), itself formed from the intensifying prefix у- (u-) (denoting a concrete purpose) + казати (kazati, “to show, order”).
ukase (an authoritative proclamation, an edict, especially as decreed by a Russian czar or later ruler) · ukase (any absolutist order or arrogant proclamation)
çekim: çoğul ukázok
köken: From Russian ука́з (ukáz, “edict, decree”).