hakim

Definitions

1. A doctor, usually practicing traditional medicine.
   South-Asia
2. A judge or governor in Islamic India.
   historical
3. A surname from Arabic.
4. A male given name from Arabic.

Equivalents

Examples

“The second speaks of naturall Philosophy or Physick, and is studyed by the Hackeams or Physitians […]”

“I went up to them, and they said, ‘We hear⟳ that you are a hakim, who has done great things.’”

“‘It was his duty to report⟳ suspicious characters, and conceivably it was some disreputable hakim who had prowled up from the bazaar.’”

“The Englishman was to remain⟳ there for three weeks, this time posing as a hakeem, secretly observing and noting down everything of significance.”

CEFR level