hakim
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Definition of hakim
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(South-Asia)A doctor, usually practicing traditional medicine.
“The second speaks of naturall Philosophy or Physick, and is studyed by the Hackeams or Physitians […]”
“I went up to them, and they said, ‘We hear that you are a hakim, who has done great things.’”
“‘It was his duty to report suspicious characters, and conceivably it was some disreputable hakim who had prowled up from the bazaar.’”
“The Englishman was to remain there for three weeks, this time posing as a hakeem, secretly observing and noting down everything of significance.”
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noun
-
(South-Asia)A doctor, usually practicing traditional medicine.
“The second speaks of naturall Philosophy or Physick, and is studyed by the Hackeams or Physitians […]”
“I went up to them, and they said, ‘We hear that you are a hakim, who has done great things.’”
“‘It was his duty to report suspicious characters, and conceivably it was some disreputable hakim who had prowled up from the bazaar.’”
“The Englishman was to remain there for three weeks, this time posing as a hakeem, secretly observing and noting down everything of significance.”
- (historical)A judge or governor in Islamic India.
name
- A surname from Arabic.
- A male given name from Arabic.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Hindustani حکیم / हकीम (hakīm), from Classical Persian حکیم (hakīm), from Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm, “wise, learned”).
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