हकीम

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian حکیم (hakim), from Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm). Compare Punjabi ਹਕੀਮ (hakīm) / حکیم (hakīm), Gujarati હકીમ (hakīm).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦə.kiːm/, [ɦɐ.kĩːm]

Noun

हकीम • (hakīm) m (Urdu spelling حکیم)

1. thinker, scholar, wise man, philosopher

   (deprecated template usage) 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

   (deprecated template usage) नीम हकीम ― nīm hakīm ― Neem quack

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हकीम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press