Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian հեքիմ (hekʻim), հաքիմ (hakʻim), from Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm). In some dialects, via Ottoman Turkish حكیم (hekim) and Azerbaijani həkim.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

հեքիմ (hekʻim) (dialectal, colloquial)

  1. quack, witch doctor
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 36:[1]
      հէքիմ․ մէտիքօ
      hēkʻim; mētikʻō
      հէքիմ (hēkʻim) = medico

Declension edit

Alternative forms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 231

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “հէքիմ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages