dictation (the act of making someone write down one's words; the text itself) · dictation (an orthography exam where the teacher reads out a text and the participants write it down) · diktat (a harsh decree, especially one imposed upon a defeated country)
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”).