հեքիմ

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian հեքիմ (hekʻim), հաքիմ (hakʻim), from Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm). In some dialects, via Ottoman Turkish حكیم (hekim) and Azerbaijani həkim.

Pronunciation

Noun

հեքիմ • (hekʻim) (dialectal, colloquial)

  1. quack, witch doctor
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 36:[1]
      հէքիմ․ մէտիքօ
      hēkʻim; mētikʻō
      հէքիմ (hēkʻim) = medico

Declension

Alternative forms

  • խեքիմ (xekʻim), հաքիմ (hakʻim)
  • հէքիմ (hēkʻim), խէքիմ (xēkʻim) traditional orthography
  • հա̈քյիմ (häkʻyim) Karabakh, dialectological notation

References

  1. Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 231

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “հէքիմ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
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