حكيم

See also: حكیم and حکیم

Arabic

Root
ح ك م (ḥ-k-m)

Etymology

Compare Hebrew חָכָם (khakhám, ḥāḵā́m), Aramaic חַכִּים (ḥakkīm) and Ugaritic 𐎈𐎋𐎎 (ḥkm)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa.kiːm/

• Audio

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Adjective

حَكِيم • (ḥakīm) (feminine حَكِيمَة (ḥakīma), masculine plural حُكَمَاء (ḥukamāʔ), elative أَحْكَم (ʔaḥkam))

1. wise
2. (with الـ) the Wise (one of the names of Allah)
3. acting with prudence and successfully
4. solid

Declension

Declension of adjective حَكِيم (ḥakīm)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	حَكِيم ḥakīm	الْحَكِيم al-ḥakīm	حَكِيمَة ḥakīma	الْحَكِيمَة al-ḥakīma
Nominative	حَكِيمٌ ḥakīmun	الْحَكِيمُ al-ḥakīmu	حَكِيمَةٌ ḥakīmatun	الْحَكِيمَةُ al-ḥakīmatu
Accusative	حَكِيمًا ḥakīman	الْحَكِيمَ al-ḥakīma	حَكِيمَةً ḥakīmatan	الْحَكِيمَةَ al-ḥakīmata
Genitive	حَكِيمٍ ḥakīmin	الْحَكِيمِ al-ḥakīmi	حَكِيمَةٍ ḥakīmatin	الْحَكِيمَةِ al-ḥakīmati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	حَكِيمَيْن ḥakīmayn	الْحَكِيمَيْن al-ḥakīmayn	حَكِيمَتَيْن ḥakīmatayn	الْحَكِيمَتَيْن al-ḥakīmatayn
Nominative	حَكِيمَانِ ḥakīmāni	الْحَكِيمَانِ al-ḥakīmāni	حَكِيمَتَانِ ḥakīmatāni	الْحَكِيمَتَانِ al-ḥakīmatāni
Accusative	حَكِيمَيْنِ ḥakīmayni	الْحَكِيمَيْنِ al-ḥakīmayni	حَكِيمَتَيْنِ ḥakīmatayni	الْحَكِيمَتَيْنِ al-ḥakīmatayni
Genitive	حَكِيمَيْنِ ḥakīmayni	الْحَكِيمَيْنِ al-ḥakīmayni	حَكِيمَتَيْنِ ḥakīmatayni	الْحَكِيمَتَيْنِ al-ḥakīmatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	حُكَمَاء ḥukamāʔ	الْحُكَمَاء al-ḥukamāʔ	حَكِيمَات ḥakīmāt	الْحَكِيمَات al-ḥakīmāt
Nominative	حُكَمَاءُ ḥukamāʔu	الْحُكَمَاءُ al-ḥukamāʔu	حَكِيمَاتٌ ḥakīmātun	الْحَكِيمَاتُ al-ḥakīmātu
Accusative	حُكَمَاءَ ḥukamāʔa	الْحُكَمَاءَ al-ḥukamāʔa	حَكِيمَاتٍ ḥakīmātin	الْحَكِيمَاتِ al-ḥakīmāti
Genitive	حُكَمَاءَ ḥukamāʔa	الْحُكَمَاءِ al-ḥukamāʔi	حَكِيمَاتٍ ḥakīmātin	الْحَكِيمَاتِ al-ḥakīmāti

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: حكیم
  • Turkish: hakim

Noun

حَكِيم • (ḥakīm) m (plural حُكَمَاء (ḥukamāʔ), feminine حَكِيمَة (ḥakīma))

1. sage
2. scholar, naturalist
3. physician
4. philosopher

Declension

Declension of noun حَكِيم (ḥakīm)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَكِيم ḥakīm	الْحَكِيم al-ḥakīm	حَكِيم ḥakīm
Nominative	حَكِيمٌ ḥakīmun	الْحَكِيمُ al-ḥakīmu	حَكِيمُ ḥakīmu
Accusative	حَكِيمًا ḥakīman	الْحَكِيمَ al-ḥakīma	حَكِيمَ ḥakīma
Genitive	حَكِيمٍ ḥakīmin	الْحَكِيمِ al-ḥakīmi	حَكِيمِ ḥakīmi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَكِيمَيْن ḥakīmayn	الْحَكِيمَيْن al-ḥakīmayn	حَكِيمَيْ ḥakīmay
Nominative	حَكِيمَانِ ḥakīmāni	الْحَكِيمَانِ al-ḥakīmāni	حَكِيمَا ḥakīmā
Accusative	حَكِيمَيْنِ ḥakīmayni	الْحَكِيمَيْنِ al-ḥakīmayni	حَكِيمَيْ ḥakīmay
Genitive	حَكِيمَيْنِ ḥakīmayni	الْحَكِيمَيْنِ al-ḥakīmayni	حَكِيمَيْ ḥakīmay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حُكَمَاء ḥukamāʔ	الْحُكَمَاء al-ḥukamāʔ	حُكَمَاء ḥukamāʔ
Nominative	حُكَمَاءُ ḥukamāʔu	الْحُكَمَاءُ al-ḥukamāʔu	حُكَمَاءُ ḥukamāʔu
Accusative	حُكَمَاءَ ḥukamāʔa	الْحُكَمَاءَ al-ḥukamāʔa	حُكَمَاءَ ḥukamāʔa
Genitive	حُكَمَاءَ ḥukamāʔa	الْحُكَمَاءِ al-ḥukamāʔi	حُكَمَاءِ ḥukamāʔi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: həkim
• → Georgian: ექიმი (ekimi)
• → Middle Armenian: հաքիմ (hakʻim), հեքիմ (hekʻim)
  • Armenian: հեքիմ (hekʻim), խեքիմ (xekʻim), հաքիմ (hakʻim); հէքիմ (hēkʻim), խէքիմ (xēkʻim); հա̈ք^յիմ (häkʻ^yim)
• → Ottoman Turkish: حكیم (hekim)
  • Turkish: hekim
  • → Laz: ხექიმი (xekimi)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: hećim, hèkim, èćim / хѐћим, хѐким, ѐћим
• → Persian: حکیم (hakim)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: हकीम (hakīm)

    Urdu: حَکِیم (hakīm)

    • → English: hakim
  • → Gujarati: હકીમ (hakīm)
  • → Punjabi: ਹਕੀਮ (hakīm)
• → Swahili: hakimu

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “حكيم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “حكيم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح ك م
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa.kiːm/, [ħaˈkiːm]

• Audio (Ramallah)

  (file)

Adjective

حكيم • (ḥakīm) (feminine حكيمة (ḥakīme), common plural حكما (ḥukama))

1. wise

   Synonym: عاقل (ʕāʔel)

Noun

حكيم • (ḥakīm) m (plural حكما (ḥukama), feminine حكيمة (ḥakīme))

1. wise man, sage
2. (North Palestine) doctor, physician

   Synonyms: دكتور (doktōr), طبيب (ṭabīb)