Armenian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

հեքիմ (hekʿim) (dialectal, colloquial)

  1. quack, witch doctor
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 36:[1]
      հէքիմ․ մէտիքօ
      hēkʿim; mētikʿō
      հէքիմ (hēkʿim) = 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, Hračʿeay (1902) “հէքիմ”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages