ਹਕੀਮ

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian حکیم‎ (hakim), from Arabic حَكِيم‎ (ḥakīm).

Noun

ਹਕੀਮ • (hakīm) m (Shahmukhi spelling حکیم‎)

  1. doctor (one who practises diagnosis of disease and prescribes medicine)
    Synonym: ਡਾਕਟਰ (ḍākṭar)

References
  • “ਹਕੀਮ”, in Punjabipedia [ਪੰਜਾਬੀਪੀਡੀਆ] (in Punjabi), Patiala: Punjabi University, 2019
  • Singh, Maya (1895), “ਹਕੀਮ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons
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