Meaning
doctor, physician
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/heˈcim/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish هكیم (hekim), vulgarized form of earlier حكیم (ḥakim, “The All-Wise God, very wise, a sage, philosopher, a physician, deeply wise and true”), from Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm, “wise, acting with prudence, sage, physician”), verbal noun of حَكَمَ (ḥakama, “to exercise authority, to command, to bid, to rule”).
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