हकीम

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حکیم (hakīm), from Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm). Compare Assamese হাকিম (hakim), Bengali হাকিম (hakim), Gujarati હકીમ (hakīm), Malayalam ഹക്കിം (hakkiṁ), Punjabi ਹਕੀਮ (hakīm).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɦə.kiːm/, [ɦɐ.kĩːm]

Noun

हकीम • (hakīm) m (Urdu spelling حکیم)

1. thinker, scholar, wise man, philosopher

   हकीम अरस्तू ― hakīm arastū ― the philosopher Aristotle

2. doctor, physician (mostly one that uses Greek medical science)

   Synonyms: डॉक्टर (ḍŏkṭar), चिकित्सक (cikitsak), चिकित्साशास्त्री (cikitsāśāstrī)

3. (derogatory) half doctor, quack, fraudulent healer

   नीम हकीम ― nīm hakīm ― Neem quack

Declension

Declension of हकीम (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हकीम hakīm	हकीम hakīm
oblique	हकीम hakīm	हकीमों hakīmõ
vocative	हकीम hakīm	हकीमो hakīmo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हकीम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press