hakim

See also: Hakim

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Hindi/Urdu, from Persian حکیم (hakim), from Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm, wise, learned).

Noun

hakim (plural hakims)

  1. (South Asia) A doctor, usually practicing traditional medicine.
    • 1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, I:
      The second speaks of naturall Philosophy or Physick, and is studyed by the Hackeams or Physitians []
    • 1903, GA Henty, With Kitchener in the Soudan:
      I went up to them, and they said, ‘We hear that you are a hakim, who has done great things.’
    • 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin 2005, p. 28:
      ‘It was his duty to report suspicious characters, and conceivably it was some disreputable hakim who had prowled up from the bazaar.’
    • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 116:
      The Englishman was to remain there for three weeks, this time posing as a hakeem, secretly observing and noting down everything of significance.
  2. (historical) A judge or governor in Islamic India.

Anagrams


Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay hakim, from Arabic حَاكِم (ḥākim).

Noun

hakim (plural hakim-hakim, first-person possessive hakimku, second-person possessive hakimmu, third-person possessive hakimnya)

  1. judge
    Synonym: pengadil
  2. court
    Synonym: pengadilan
  3. jury, judge (in a competition)
    Synonyms: juri, penilai

Derived terms

  • berhakim
  • kehakiman
  • menghakimi
  • penghakiman

References


Ladino

Etymology

From Arabic حَاكِم (ḥākim).

Noun

hakim m

  1. judge

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic حَاكِم (ḥākim)

Noun

hakim

  1. judge (public judicial official)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • hàćim

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish حاكم (hakim), from Arabic حَاكِم (ḥākim).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xǎkim/
  • Hyphenation: ha‧kim

Noun

hákim m (Cyrillic spelling ха́ким)

  1. (regional) a wise man
  2. (regional) judge

Declension

References

  • hakim” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 302

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Arabic حَاكِم (ḥākim, judge).

Noun

hakim (definite accusative hakimi, plural hakimler)

  1. judge

Declension

Inflection
Nominative hakim
Definite accusative hakimi
Singular Plural
Nominative hakim hakimler
Definite accusative hakimi hakimleri
Dative hakime hakimlere
Locative hakimde hakimlerde
Ablative hakimden hakimlerden
Genitive hakimin hakimlerin

Etymology 2

From Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm, wise).

Adjective

hakim (comparative daha hakim, superlative en hakim)

  1. wise

Synonyms

  • akıllı

Noun

hakim (definite accusative hakimi, plural hakimler)

  1. sage, wise man
  2. philosopher

Declension

Inflection
Nominative hakim
Definite accusative hakimi
Singular Plural
Nominative hakim hakimler
Definite accusative hakimi hakimleri
Dative hakime hakimlere
Locative hakimde hakimlerde
Ablative hakimden hakimlerden
Genitive hakimin hakimlerin

Synonyms

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