حكيم

Arabic

Etymology

Compare Hebrew חָכָם (khakhám, ḥāḵā́m), Aramaic חַכִּים (ḥakkīm) and Ugaritic 𐎈𐎋𐎎 (ḥkm)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa.kiːm/

• Audio

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Adjective

حَكِيم • (ḥakīm) (feminine حَكِيمَة (ḥakīma), masculine plural حُكَمَاء (ḥukamāʔ), elative أَحْكَم (ʔaḥkam))

1. wise
2. (with الـ) the Wise (one of the names of Allah)
3. acting with prudence and successfully
4. solid

Declension

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: حكیم
  • Turkish: hakim

Noun

حَكِيم • (ḥakīm) m (plural حُكَمَاء (ḥukamāʔ), feminine حَكِيمَة (ḥakīma))

1. sage
2. scholar, naturalist
3. physician
4. philosopher

Declension

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: həkim
• → Georgian: ექიმი (ekimi)
• → Middle Armenian: հաքիմ (hakʻim), հեքիմ (hekʻim)
  • Armenian: հեքիմ (hekʻim), խեքիմ (xekʻim), հաքիմ (hakʻim); հէքիմ (hēkʻim), խէքիմ (xēkʻim); հա̈ք^յիմ (häkʻ^yim)
• → Ottoman Turkish: حكیم (hekim)
  • Turkish: hekim
  • → Laz: ხექიმი (xekimi)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: hećim, hèkim, èćim / хѐћим, хѐким, ѐћим
• → Persian: حکیم (hakim)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: हकीम (hakīm)

    Urdu: حَکِیم (hakīm)

    • → English: hakim
  • → Gujarati: હકીમ (hakīm)
  • → Punjabi: ਹਕੀਮ (hakīm)
• → Swahili: hakimu

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “حكيم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “حكيم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa.kiːm/,

• Audio (Ramallah)

  (file)

Adjective

حكيم • (ḥakīm) (feminine حكيمة (ḥakīme), common plural حكما (ḥukama))

1. wise

   Synonym: عاقل (ʕāʔel)

Noun

حكيم • (ḥakīm) m (plural حكما (ḥukama), feminine حكيمة (ḥakīme))

1. wise man, sage
2. (North Palestine) doctor, physician

   Synonyms: دكتور (doktōr), طبيب (ṭabīb)