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ha⋅kim

1  [hah-keem]
–noun (esp. in Muslim countries)
1. a wise or learned man.
2. a physician; doctor.
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Origin:
1575–85; < Ar hakīm wise, wise man

Ha⋅kim

  [hah-keem]
–noun
a male given name.
Also, Ha⋅keem.
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ha·keem   (hä'kēm)   
n.  Variant of hakim1.
ha·kim 1 also ha·keem   (hä'kēm)   
n.   pl. ha·kims also ha·keems
A Muslim physician.

[Arabic ḥakīm, wise, wise man, from ḥakama, to judge, decide; see ḥkm in Semitic roots.]
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Word Origin & History

hakeem 
1585, physician in Arab countries, from Arabic hakim "wise," from stem of hakuma "he was wise;" whence also hakam "judge," hikmah "wisdom, science."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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