hekim

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish حكیم (ḥakim, “The All-Wise God, very wise, a sage, philosopher, (vulgar; ḥekim) a physician, deeply wise and true”),^[1][2] from Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm, “wise, acting with prudence, sage, physician”), verbal noun of حَكَمَ (ḥakama, “to exercise authority, to command, to bid, to rule”).^[3]

• IPA^(key): /heˈcim/

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• Hyphenation: he‧kim

hekim (definite accusative hekimi, plural hekimler)

1. doctor, physician

   Synonyms: doktor, tabip

• “hekim”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hekim”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1925