Arabic vocabulary
حَكِيمُwise in Arabic
حَكِيمُ is how you say “wise” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
كَانَ لُقْمَانُ الْحَكِيمُ عَبْدًا نُوبِيًّا أَسْوَدًا
Luqman the Wise was a black Nubian slave.
الْحَكِيمُ — the Wise. A definite epithet ('the Wise') tagging the name, matching it in definiteness as an attached description. It rides alongside the subject, coloring in who Luqman was.
From: Luqman's Wisdom and Trial →
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