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Hokm Glossary
The words players use at a Hokm table, each with what it means and one example.
What do the Hokm table words mean?
Hâkem is the player who chooses Hokm, the special suit. A trick is one card from each player; seven tricks win a hand.
- Hâkemحاکم (hâkem, ruler)
- The player who chooses Hokm from their first five cards and leads the first trick.
- Hokmحکم (hokm, command)
- The chosen suit. Its cards beat other suits, but following suit is still compulsory.
- Trickدست (dast)
- 9♣2♥K♣4♣
- One card from each player, played in turn; one side collects the group.
- Hand / roundدور (dowr, round)
- A deal played until one side takes seven tricks. Hand also means the cards you hold.
- Kotکوت (kot)
- 7–0
- Taking the first seven tricks without losing any. A kot is 2 points when the Hâkem’s side sweeps, 3 points when the other side sweeps the Hâkem’s side.
- Lead / follow suitشروع / بازی از خال شروع (shoru / ra'âyat-e khâl)
- 9♣4♣
- The first card sets the led suit. Everyone holding that suit must play it.
- Suitخال (khâl)
- A♠A♥A♣A♦
- One of four card families: spades, hearts, clubs or diamonds.
- Cut / re-cutبریدن / رو زدن (boridan / ru zadan)
- A♠8♥Q♥
- Play Hokm when void in a non-Hokm lead. A higher Hokm beats a lower Hokm.
- Voidنداشتن خال (nadâshtan-e khâl, having no suit)
- Holding no cards of a particular suit.
- Stock / discardذخیره / کنار گذاشتن (zakhire / kenâr gozâshtan)
- In two-player Hokm, the face-down pile you draw from one card at a time. Discarded cards never return to your hand.
More terms
- Rankرتبه (rotbe)
- A♣K♣Q♣
- A card’s strength within its suit: A, K, Q, J, 10 down to 2.
- Matchمسابقه (mosâbeqe)
- Several rounds; the first side to reach at least seven match points wins.
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