hakim

• hackeem, hakeem, huckeem, hukeem (all archaic)

From Hindustani حکیم / हकीम (hakīm), from Classical Persian حکیم (hakīm), from Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm, “wise, learned”).

hakim (plural hakims)

1. (South Asia) A doctor, usually practicing traditional medicine.
   • 1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, section I:

     The second speaks of naturall Philosophy or Physick, and is studyed by the Hackeams or Physitians […]

   • 1903, GA Henty, With Kitchener in the Soudan:

     I went up to them, and they said, ‘We hear that you are a hakim, who has done great things.’

   • 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 28:

     ‘It was his duty to report suspicious characters, and conceivably it was some disreputable hakim who had prowled up from the bazaar.’

   • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 116:

     The Englishman was to remain there for three weeks, this time posing as a hakeem, secretly observing and noting down everything of significance.

From Classical Persian حاکم (hākim), from Arabic حَاكِم (ḥākim).

hakim (plural hakims)

1. (historical) A judge or governor in Islamic India.

• Makhi

From Arabic حَاكِم (ḥākim).

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• Hyphenation: ha‧kim

hakim (definite accusative hakimi, plural hakimlər)

1. (law) judge
2. (sports) referee (especially in football)

   Synonyms: həkəm, müsnif

3. (historical) ruler

   Synonyms: hökmdar, hökmran

hakim

1. ruling, reigning

   hakim partiya ― ruling party

   hakim ideologiya ― ruling ideology

From Malay hakim, from Classical Malay hakim, from Arabic حَاكِم (ḥākim).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhakɪm/
• Rhymes: -kɪm, -ɪm, -m
• Hyphenation: ha‧kim

hakim (plural hakim-hakim, first-person possessive hakimku, second-person possessive hakimmu, third-person possessive hakimnya)

1. judge

   Synonyms: pengadil, magistrat

   Barangsiapa meniru atau memalsukan uang kertas, dan barangsiapa mengeluarkan dengan sengaja atau menyimpan uang kertas tiruan atau uang kertas yang dipalsukan, akan dituntut dimuka hakim.

   Whoever imitates or falsifies banknotes, and whoever releases them deliberately or keeps falsified banknotes, will be prosecuted before the judge.

2. court

   Synonym: pengadilan

3. jury, judge (in a competition)

   Synonyms: juri, penilai

• “hakim” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Arabic حَاكِم (ḥākim). Doublet of haham.

hakim m (Latin spelling)

1. judge

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hakim

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Borrowed from Arabic حَاكِم (ḥākim).

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• Rhymes: -kim, -im
• Hyphenation: ha‧kim

hakim (Jawi spelling حاکيم, plural hakim-hakim, informal 1st possessive hakimku, 2nd possessive hakimmu, 3rd possessive hakimnya)

1. A judge:
   1. A public judicial official.
   2. Someone who decides the results of a competition.
2. A smart or wise person.

• Indonesian: hakim

• “hakim” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

• hàćim

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حاكم (hakim), from Arabic حَاكِم (ḥākim).

• IPA^(key): /xǎkim/
• Hyphenation: ha‧kim

hákim m (Cyrillic spelling ха́ким)

1. (regional) a wise man
2. (regional) judge

• “hakim”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 302

From Ottoman Turkish حكیم (hakim), from Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm, “wise”).

• IPA^(key): /ha.cim/

hakim

1. wise

   Synonym: bilge

• akıllı

hakim (definite accusative hakimi, plural hakimler)

1. sage, wise man
2. philosopher

• (philosopher): felsefeci

• hâkim

Borrowed from Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm).

hakim (plural hakimlar)

1. (medicine) doctor
2. (government) mayor