ਹਕੀਮ

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حکیم (hakīm), from Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm). Compare Hindi हकीम (hakīm), Gujarati હકીમ (hakīm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɦəkiːmə̆]

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Noun

ਹਕੀਮ • (hakīm) m (Shahmukhi spelling حکیم)

1. doctor (one who practises diagnosis of disease and prescribes medicine)

   Synonym: ਡਾਕਟਰ (ḍākṭar)

Declension

Declension of ਹਕੀਮ
dir. sg.	ਹਕੀਮ (hakīm)
dir. pl.	ਹਕੀਮ (hakīm)
	singular	plural
direct	ਹਕੀਮ (hakīm)	ਹਕੀਮ (hakīm)
oblique	ਹਕੀਮ (hakīm)	ਹਕੀਮਾਂ (hakīmā̃)
vocative	ਹਕੀਮਾ (hakīmā)	ਹਕੀਮੋ (hakīmo)
ablative	ਹਕੀਮੋਂ (hakīmõ)	—
locative	ਹਕੀਮੇ (hakīme)	ਹਕੀਮੀਂ (hakīmī̃)
instrumental	ਹਕੀਮੇ (hakīme)	ਹਕੀਮੀਂ (hakīmī̃)

References

• “ਹਕੀਮ”, in Punjabipedia [ਪੰਜਾਬੀਪੀਡੀਆ] (in Punjabi), Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਹਕੀਮ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.