هكیم

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Vulgarized form of earlier حكیم (hekîm), from Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm, “sage; scholar; physician”).

Noun

هكیم • (hekim) (definite accusative هكیمی (hekimi), plural هكیملر (hekimler))

  1. doctor, physician, a member of the medical profession, who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured
    Synonyms: دوقتور (doktor), طبیب (tabîb)

Derived terms

  • دكانسز هكیم (dükkânsız hekim, “charlatan”, literally “storeless doctor”)
  • دیش هكیمی (diş hekimi, “dentist”)
  • كوز هكیمی (göz hekimi, “oculist”)
  • هكیملك (hekimlik, “medicine, physiciancy”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: hekim
  • → Laz: ხექიმი (xekimi)
  • → Macedonian: еким (ekim)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: hećim, hèkim, èćim / хѐћим, хѐким, ѐћим

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