hakim

or ha·keem

[hah-keem]

noun (esp. in Muslim countries)

a wise or learned man.

a physician; doctor.

Origin of hakim

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

Hakim

or Ha·keem

[hah-keem]

noun

a male given name.

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Historical Examples of hakeem

And Besso needs no hakeem, or you would not be here, my Rose of Sharon.'
Tancred
Benjamin Disraeli
All her love for him rises within her, and she hails him “Hakeem!”
The Browning Cyclopdia
Edward Berdoe
Well, your Excellency, I met this hakeem in the streets of London.
The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon
Habeeb Risk Allah
"So that a man's life is an unsolvable riddle to all but himself," concurred the hakeem.
Tales of Destiny
Edmund Mitchell
Djabal, horror-stricken at what she has done, confesses to her that he is no Hakeem, but a mere man.
An Introduction to the Study of Browning
Arthur Symons

British Dictionary definitions for hakeem

hakim

hakeem

noun

a Muslim judge, ruler, or administrator

a Muslim physician

Word Origin for hakim

C17: from Arabic, from hakama to rule

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Word Origin and History for hakeem

1580s, physician in Arab countries, from Arabic hakim "wise," from stem of hakuma "he was wise;" whence also hakam "judge," hikmah "wisdom, science."