حکیم

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? hakīm
Dari reading? hakīm
Iranian reading? hakim
Tajik reading? hakim

Noun

Dari حکیم
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҳаким

حَکیم • (hakim) (plural حکیمان (hakimân))

  1. sage, wise man
    • c. 1599, Bahāʾ al‐Dīn ʿĀmilī, کشکول‎:
      اسکندر که بمرد، در تابوتی از طلایش نهادند و به اسکندریه‌اش بردند و گروهی از حکیمان بر وی زاری کردند.
      iskandar ki bimurd, dar tābūtē az talāy-aš nihādand u ba iskandariyya-aš burdand u gurōhē az hakīmān bar way zārī kardand.
      When Alexander died, they put him in a golden coffin and took him to Alexandria, and a group of sages mourned for him.
      (Classical Persian romanization)
  2. (archaic) doctor, physician
    Synonyms: پزشک (pezešk), دکتر (doktor), داکتر (dāktar), (dated) حکیم‌باشی (hakim-bâši)

Descendants

  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: हकीम (hakīm)
    Urdu: حَکِیم (hakīm)
  • → Gujarati: હકીમ (hakīm)
  • → Punjabi: ਹਕੀਮ (hakīm)

Further reading

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حکیم (hakīm), from Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm). Compare Punjabi ਹਕੀਮ (hakīm) / حکیم (hakīm), Gujarati હકીમ (hakīm).

Pronunciation

Noun

حَکِیم • (hakīm) m (Hindi spelling हकीम)

  1. physician, doctor
  2. sage, philosopher
  3. (Islam) one of the 99 names of Allah
  4. statesman

References

  • “حکیم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “حکیم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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