حکیم‌جی

Persian

Alternative forms

• حکیمجی, حکیم جی

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani हकीम जी (hakīm jī) / حَکِیم جی (hakīm jī). By surface analysis, حکیم (hakīm, “doctor”) +‎ جی (jī, honorific particle).

Pronunciation

• • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.kʰiːm.d͡ʒiː]

Readings
Dari reading?	hakīm-jī

Noun

حکیم‌جی • (hakīm-jī) (Kabuli, colloquial)

1. herbalist, medicine man
2. witch doctor, shaman

Further reading

• “حکیم جی”, in قاموس کبیر افغانستان [qāmūs-i kabīr-i afğānistān, The Great Dictionary of Afghanistan] (in Persian), Afghan Dictionary, 2023
• “حکیم جی”, in The Wilson English - Dari Dictionary (Webonary), SIL International, 2013