हकीम

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)

1. thinker, scholar, wise man, philosopher

   हकीम अरस्तू ― hakīm arastū ― the philosopher Aristotle

2. doctor, physician (mostly one that uses Greek medical science)

   Synonyms: डॉक्टर (ḍŏkṭar), चिकित्सक (cikitsak), चिकित्साशास्त्री (cikitsāśāstrī)

3. (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