حکیم

See also: حكيم and حكیم

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ha.ˈkiːm]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.kʰíːm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.kʰíːm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.kʰíːm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.kʰím]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæ.kʰʲíːm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.kʰím]

Readings
Classical reading?	hakīm
Dari reading?	hakīm
Iranian reading?	hakim
Tajik reading?	hakim

Noun

Dari	حکیم
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҳаким

حَکیم • (hakim) (plural حکیمان (hakimân))

1. (archaic) doctor, physician

   Synonyms: پزشک (pezešk), دکتر (doktor), داکتر (dāktar), (dated) حکیم‌باشی (hakim-bâši)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: हकीम (hakīm)

  Urdu: حَکِیم (hakīm)

  • → English: hakim
• → Gujarati: હકીમ (hakīm)
• → Punjabi: ਹਕੀਮ (hakīm)

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦə.kiːm/

Noun

حَکِیم • (hakīm) m (Hindi spelling हकीम)

1. physician, doctor
2. sage, philosopher
3. (Islam) one of the 99 names of Allah
4. statesman

References

• “حکیم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “حکیم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.