हकीम
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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Persian حکیم (hakīm), from Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm). Compare Assamese হাকিম (hakim), Bengali হাকিম (hakim), Gujarati હકીમ (hakīm), Malayalam ഹക്കിം (hakkiṁ), Punjabi ਹਕੀਮ (hakīm).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
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)
- Synonyms: डॉक्टर (ḍŏkṭar), चिकित्सक (cikitsak), चिकित्साशास्त्री (cikitsāśāstrī)
- (derogatory) half doctor, quack, fraudulent healer
- नीम हकीम ― nīm hakīm ― Neem quack
Declension[edit]
Declension of हकीम (masc cons-stem)
References[edit]
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हकीम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
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