حکیم

See also: حكيم‎ and حكیم‎

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَكِيم‎ (ḥakīm).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /haˈkiːm/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /haˈkiːm/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /hæˈkiːm/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /haˈkim/

Noun

حکیم • (hakim) (plural حکیمان‎ (hakimân))

(archaic) doctor, physician
Synonyms: پزشک‎ (pezešk), دکتر‎ (doktor), (dated) حکیم‌باشی‎ (hakim-bâši)

Descendants

→ Hindustani:
Hindi: हकीम (hakīm)

Urdu: حکیم‎ (hakīm)
- → English: hakim
→ Gujarati: હકીમ (hakīm)
→ Punjabi: ਹਕੀਮ (hakīm)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (hakim), from Arabic حَكِيم‎ (ḥakīm).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦə.kiːm/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /ɦə.kiːm/

Noun

حَکِیْم • (hakīm) m (Hindi spelling हकीम)

physician, doctor
sage, philosopher
(Islam) one of the 99 names of Allah
statesman

References

“حکیم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“حکیم”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

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