Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian حکیم (hakim), from Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm).
Noun
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- doctor (one who practises diagnosis of disease and prescribes medicine)
- Synonym: ਡਾਕਟਰ (ḍākṭar)
References
- “ਹਕੀਮ”, in Punjabipedia [ਪੰਜਾਬੀਪੀਡੀਆ] (in Punjabi), Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਹਕੀਮ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
