# hakim
## English
### Alternative forms

* hackeem, hakeem, huckeem, hukeem (all archaic)

### Etymology 1

From Hindustani حکیم / हकीम (hakīm), from Classical Persian حکیم (hakīm), from Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm, “wise, learned”).

#### Noun

hakim (plural hakims)
* (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)
* (historical) A judge or governor in Islamic India.

### Anagrams

* Makhi

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

From Arabic حَاكِم (ḥākim).

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

hakim (definite accusative hakimi, plural hakimlər)
* (law) judge
* (sports) referee (especially in football)
    Synonyms: həkəm, müsnif
* (historical) ruler
    Synonyms: hökmdar, hökmran

#### Declension
### Adjective

hakim
* ruling, reigning
    hakim partiya ― ruling party
    hakim ideologiya ― ruling ideology

#### Related terms

* hakimiyyət
* məhkəmə
* məhkum
* mühakimə

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay hakim, from Classical Malay hakim, from Arabic حَاكِم (ḥākim).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhakɪm/
* Rhymes: -kɪm, -ɪm, -m
* Hyphenation: ha‧kim

### Noun

hakim (plural hakim-hakim)
* judge
    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.
* court
    Synonym: pengadilan
* jury, judge (in a competition)
    Synonyms: juri, penilai

#### Derived terms

* berhakim
* kehakiman
* menghakimi
* penghakiman

#### Related terms

* tahkim

### References

* “hakim” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Ladino
### Etymology

From Arabic حَاكِم (ḥākim). Doublet of haham.

### Noun

hakim m
* judge

## Malay
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَاكِم (ḥākim).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ha.kem]
* Rhymes: -kim, -im
* Hyphenation: ha‧kim

### Noun

hakim (Jawi spelling حاکيم, plural hakim-hakim, informal 1st possessive hakimku, 2nd possessive hakimmu, 3rd possessive hakimnya)
* A judge:
** A public judicial official.
** Someone who decides the results of a competition.
* A smart or wise person.

#### Affixations

* berhakim
* berhakimkan
* hakimi
* hakimkan
* kehakiman
* penghakiman

#### Compounds

* hakim besar

#### Phrases

* dihadapkan ke muka hakim
* menjadi hakim sendiri

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: hakim

### Further reading

* “hakim” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* hàćim

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xǎkim/
* Hyphenation: ha‧kim

### Noun

hákim m (Cyrillic spelling ха́ким)
* (regional) a wise man
* (regional) judge

#### Declension
### 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

## Turkish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ha.cim/

### Adjective

hakim
* wise
    Synonym: bilge

#### Synonyms

* akıllı

### Noun

hakim (definite accusative hakimi, plural hakimler)
* sage, wise man
* philosopher

#### Synonyms

* (philosopher): felsefeci

### See also

* hâkim

## Uzbek
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm).

### Noun

hakim (plural hakimlar)
* (medicine) doctor
* (government) mayor