հեքիմ

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian հեքիմ (hekʿim), հաքիմ (hakʿim), from Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm). In some dialects, via Ottoman Turkish حكیم (hekim) and Azerbaijani həkim.

Pronunciation

Noun

հեքիմ (hekʿim) (dialectal, colloquial)

  1. quack, witch doctor
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 36:[1]
      հէքիմ․ մէտիքօ
      hēkʿim; mētikʿō
      հէքիմ (hēkʿim) = medico

Declension

Alternative forms

References

  1. Orengo, Alessandro (2019), “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 231

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902), հէքիմ”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žołovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb Vani, Łarabałi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
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