حكيم

See also: حكیم and حکیم

Arabic

Root
ح ك م (ḥ-k-m)

Etymology

Compare Hebrew חָכָם (khakhám, ḥāḵā́m), Aramaic חַכִּים (ḥakkīm) and Ugaritic 𐎈𐎋𐎎 (ḥkm)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħa.kiːm/
  • (file)

Adjective

حَكِيم (ḥakīm) (feminine حَكِيمَة (ḥakīma), masculine plural حُكَمَاء (ḥukamāʔ), elative أَحْكَم (ʔaḥkam))

  1. wise
  2. (with الـ) the Wise (one of the names of Allah)
  3. acting with prudence and successfully
  4. solid

Declension

References

Noun

حَكِيم (ḥakīm) m (plural حُكَمَاء (ḥukamāʔ), feminine حَكِيمَة (ḥakīma))

  1. sage
  2. scholar, naturalist
  3. physician
  4. philosopher

Declension

References

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: həkim
  • Georgian: ექიმი (ekimi)
  • Middle Armenian: հաքիմ (hakʿim), հեքիմ (hekʿim)
    • Armenian: հեքիմ (hekʿim), խեքիմ (xekʿim), հաքիմ (hakʿim); հէքիմ (hēkʿim), խէքիմ (xēkʿim); հա̈քյիմ (häkʿyim)
  • Ottoman Turkish: حكیم (hekim)
  • Persian: حکیم (hakim)
  • Swahili: hakimu

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح ك م

Etymology

From Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħa.kiːm/, [ħaˈkiːm]
  • (file)

Adjective

حكيم (ḥakīm) (feminine حكيمة (ḥakīme), common plural حكما (ḥukama))

  1. wise
    Synonym: عاقل (ʕāʾel)

Noun

حكيم (ḥakīm) m (plural حكما (ḥukama), feminine حكيمة (ḥakīme))

  1. wise man, sage
  2. (North Palestine) doctor, physician
    Synonyms: دكتور (doktōr), طبيب (ṭabīb)
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