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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish حكیم (ḥakim, “The All-Wise God, very wise, a sage, philosopher, (vulgar; ḥekim) a physician, deeply wise and true”),[1][2] from Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm, “wise, acting with prudence, sage, physician”), verbal noun of حَكَمَ (ḥakama, “to exercise authority, to command, to bid, to rule”).[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /heˈcim/
- Hyphenation: he‧kim
Noun
hekim (definite accusative hekimi, plural hekimler)
- doctor, physician
- Synonyms: doktor, tabip
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References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حكیم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 798
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “حكیم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 515
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hekim”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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