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  hakim

  noun

  a wise or learned man.
• Hakim
  Hakim

  noun

  a male given name.

hakim

¹ American  

[hah-keem] / hɑˈkim /

Or hakeem

noun

1. a wise or learned man.

2. a physician; doctor.

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hakim ² American  

[hah-keem] / ˈhɑ kim /

noun

1. (in Muslim countries) a ruler; governor; judge.

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Hakim ³ American  

[hah-keem] / hɑˈkim /

Or Hakeem

noun

1. a male given name.

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hakim British  

/ ˈhɑːkiːm, hɑːˈkiːm /

noun

1. a Muslim judge, ruler, or administrator

2. a Muslim physician

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Etymology

Origin of hakim¹

First recorded in 1575–85, hakim is from the Arabic word hakīm wise, wise man

Origin of hakim²

First recorded in 1605–15, hakim is from the Arabic word hākim governor

Example Sentences

"Only," he added, "since it will be I who instruct the hakim, in secret the sahib must listen to me."

From The Lion of Petra by Mundy, Talbot

Well, we'll fix it so a hakim can relieve his boils and indigestion.

From The Lion of Petra by Mundy, Talbot

I went up to them, and they said: 'We hear that you are a hakim, who has done great things.'

From With Kitchener in the Soudan A Story of Atbara and Omdurman by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

“Bismillah! let the will of God be done,” consoles the village Mullah, while some practical friend starts off for the nearest hakim, or doctor.

From Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches by Pennell, T. L. (Theodore Leighton)

He warred with destiny; and no man could say what was his fate until the hakim had decided.

From The Pacha of Many Tales by Marryat, Frederick