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hakim

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See also: Hakim and hâkim

English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Hindustani حکیم / हकीम (hakīm), from Classical Persian حکیم (hakīm), 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, section 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, published 2005, page 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, published 2010, page 116:
      The Englishman was to remain there for three weeks, this time posing as a hakeem, secretly observing and noting down everything of significance.

Etymology 2

From Classical Persian حاکم (hākim), from Arabic حَاكِم (ḥākim).

Noun

hakim (plural hakims)

  1. (historical) A judge or governor in Islamic India.

Anagrams

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Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Arabic حَاكِم (ḥākim).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [hɑːˈkim]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ha‧kim

Noun

hakim (definite accusative hakimi, plural hakimlər)

  1. (law) judge
  2. (sports) referee (especially in football)
    Synonyms: həkəm, müsnif
  3. (historical) ruler
    Synonyms: hökmdar, hökmran

Declension

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Adjective

hakim

  1. ruling, reigning
    hakim partiyaruling party
    hakim ideologiyaruling ideology
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Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhakɪm/
  • Rhymes: -kɪm, -ɪm, -m
  • Hyphenation: ha‧kim

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay حاکيم (hakim), from Classical Malay hakim, from Arabic حَاكِم (ḥākim, judge; ruler, sovereign; governor).

Noun

hakim (plural hakim-hakim)

  1. judge
    1. a public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.
      Synonyms: pengadil, magistrat
      Barangsiapa meniru atau memalsukan uang kertas, dan barangsiapa mengeluarkan dengan sengaja atau menyimpan uang kertas tiruan atau uang kertas yang dipalsukan, akan dituntut dimuka hakim.
      Whoever imitates or falsifies banknotes, and whoever releases them deliberately or keeps falsified banknotes, will be prosecuted before the judge.
    2. a person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
  2. court
    Synonym: pengadilan
  3. jury, judge (in a competition)
    Synonyms: juri, penilai
  4. (obsolete) authority
  5. (obsolete) government
Conjugation
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1 There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
2 The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms
  • hakim ad hoc
  • hakim agung
  • hakim anak
  • hakim anggota
  • hakim disiplin
  • hakim garis
  • hakim hak asasi manusia
  • hakim hak asasi manusia ad hoc
  • hakim karier
  • hakim kasasi
  • hakim kesalahan kaki
  • hakim ketua
  • hakim komisaris
  • hakim konstitusi
  • hakim mediator
  • hakim militer
  • hakim net
  • hakim pengawas
  • hakim servis
  • hakim tipikor
  • hakim tunggal

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay حاکيم (hakim), from Classical Malay hakim, from Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm, sage; scholar, naturalist; physician; philosopher).

Noun

hakim (plural hakim-hakim)

  1. (literary) learned person, wise person, sage, scholar

References

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Ladino

Etymology

From Arabic حَاكِم (ḥākim). Doublet of haham.

Noun

hakim m

  1. judge

Malay

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَاكِم (ḥākim).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ha.kem]
  • Rhymes: -kim, -im
  • Hyphenation: ha‧kim

Noun

hakim (Jawi spelling حاکيم, plural hakim-hakim or hakim2)

  1. A judge:
    1. A public judicial official.
    2. Someone who decides the results of a competition.
  2. A smart or wise person.

Affixations

Compounds

  • hakim besar

Phrases

  • dihadapkan ke muka hakim
  • menjadi hakim sendiri

Descendants

  • Indonesian: hakim

Further reading

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • hàćim

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hákim m anim (Cyrillic spelling ха́ким)

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

Declension

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References

  • hakim”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966), Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 302
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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish حكیم (hakim), from Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm, wise). Distant doublet of haham.

Pronunciation

Adjective

hakim

  1. wise
    Synonym: bilge

Synonyms

Noun

hakim (definite accusative hakimi, plural hakimler)

  1. sage, wise man
  2. philosopher

Declension

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Synonyms

See also

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Uzbek

Uzbek Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia uz

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ha‧kim

Noun

hakim (plural hakimlar)

  1. (medicine) doctor
    Synonyms: vrach, doktor
  2. (government) mayor

Declension

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Derived terms

  • hakima
  • hakimlik

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