Definition of Hakim

1. Noun. A Muslim ruler or governor or judge.

Generic synonyms: Moslem, Muslim, Ruler, Swayer

2. Noun. A Muslim physician.
Exact synonyms: Hakeem
Generic synonyms: Moslem, Muslim, Doc, Doctor, Dr., Md, Medico, Physician

Definition of Hakim

1. n. A wise man; a physician, esp. a Mohammedan.

2. n. A Mohammedan title for a ruler; a judge.

Definition of Hakim

1. Noun. (context: South Asia) A doctor. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hakim

1. a Muslim physician [n -S]

Medical Definition of Hakim

1. A wise man; a physician, especially. A Mohammedan. Origin: Ar. Hakim. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hakim

haka
hakam
hakama
hakams
hakapik
hakapiks
hakas
hake
haked
hakeem
hakeems
hakelike
hakes
haketon
haketons
hakim (current term)
hakims
haking
hakite
haku
hakurei
hakus
halaal
halach uinic
halachas
halachic
halachist
halachists
halachot
halachoth

Literary usage of Hakim

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair by Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995)
"The records also support that statement.121 hakim also testified that Korel stood for Secord, and Button stood for North.122 Korel Assets hakim testified ..."

2. The History of India by Mountstuart Elphinstone (1841)
"hakim, although he had received such assistance as the times admitted from Akber, yet, ... This invasion ended in the expulsion of Prince hakim from India ..."

3. The Story of the Church of Egypt: Being an Outline of the History of the by Edith Louisa Butcher (1897)
"386 Mansur Abu Al i el hakim be amr Illah, commonly known as El hakim.1 This ... But as El hakim grew up to manhood, it became apparent that this state of ..."

4. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"Souls pass through a certain process of purification until the end of time, when al-hakim and Hamzah will again appear and when the souls will commingle in ..."

5. Endless Torment: The 1991 Uprising in Iraq and Its Aftermath by Eric Goldstein, Middle East Watch (Organization) (1992)
"Dr. al-hakim gave their names as: Murtadha Mohammad Ali al-hakim, ... Mohammad Ridha Muhsin al-hakim and Ali Said al-hakim appear on the list of missing ..."

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