हकीम
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian حکیم (hakim), from Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm). Compare Punjabi ਹਕੀਮ (hakīm) / حکیم (hakīm), Gujarati હકીમ (hakīm).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɦə.kiːm/, [ɦə.kĩːm]
Noun
हकीम • (hakīm) m (Urdu spelling حکیم)
- thinker, scholar, wise man, philosopher
- हकीम अरस्तू ― hakīm arastū ― the philosopher Aristotle
- doctor, physician (mostly one that uses Greek medical science)
- (derogatory) half doctor, quack, fraudulent healer
- नीम हकीम ― nīm hakīm ― Neem quack
Declension
Declension of हकीम (masc cons-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | हकीम hakīm |
हकीम hakīm |
| oblique | हकीम hakīm |
हकीमों hakīmõ |
| vocative | हकीम hakīm |
हकीमो hakīmo |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “हकीम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
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