հեքիմ

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Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian հեքիմ (hekʻim), հաքիմ (hakʻim), from Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm). In some dialects, via Ottoman Turkish حكیم (hekim) and Azerbaijani həkim.

Pronunciation

Noun

հեքիմ (hekʻim) (dialectal, colloquial)

  1. quack, witch doctor
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani page 36:
      հէքիմ․ մէտիքօ
      hēkʻim; mētikʻō
      հէքիմ (hēkʻim) = medico

Declension

Alternative forms

References

  1. ^ Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 231

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “հէքիմ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages