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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian حکیم (hakīm), from Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm). Compare Assamese হাকিম (hakim), Bengali হাকিম (hakim), Gujarati હકીમ (hakīm), Malayalam ഹക്കിം (hakkiṁ), Punjabi ਹਕੀਮ (hakīm).
Pronunciation
Noun
हकीम • (hakīm) m (Urdu spelling حکیم)
- thinker, scholar, wise man, philosopher
- हकीम अरस्तू ― hakīm arastū ― the philosopher Aristotle
- doctor, physician (mostly one that uses Greek medical science)
- Synonyms: डॉक्टर (ḍŏkṭar), चिकित्सक (cikitsak), चिकित्साशास्त्री (cikitsāśāstrī)
- (derogatory) half doctor, quack, fraudulent healer
- नीम हकीम ― nīm hakīm ― Neem quack
Declension
Declension of हकीम (masc cons-stem)
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plural
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| direct
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हकीम
hakīm
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हकीम
hakīm
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| oblique
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हकीम
hakīm
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हकीमों
hakīmõ
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| vocative
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हकीम
hakīm
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हकीमो
hakīmo
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