English

Alternative forms

• hackeem (archaic)
• hakeem

Noun

hakim ‎(plural hakims)

1. (South Asia) A doctor.
   • 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.’

   • 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.

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic حَاكِم ‎(ḥākim)

Noun

hakim

1. judge (public judicial official)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• hàćim

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish حَاكِم ‎(hakȋm) (Turkish hakim, from Arabic حَاكِم ‎(ḥākim, “judge”).

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
• Abdulah Škaljić (1966), Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Svjetlost: Sarajevo, page 302

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Arabic حَاكِم ‎(ḥākim, “judge”).

Noun

hakim ‎(definite accusative hakimi, plural hakimler)

1. judge

Declension

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

Synonyms

• (philosopher): felsefeci