Hakim (title)

' and ' are two Arabic titles derived from the same triliteral root Ḥ-K-M "appoint, choose, judge". Compare the Hebrew title hakham.
Hakīm ().
This title is one of the 99 Names of God in Islam.
Hakīm (alternative transcription Hakeem) indicates a "wise man" or "physician", or in general, a practitioner of herbal medicine, especially of Unani and Islamic medicine, like Hakim Ajmal Khan, Hakim Said, Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman, etc.
Hakīm or Hakeem (, ) is also used for practitioner of Eastern medicine, those versed in indigenous system of medicines.
Hakīm was also used more generally during the Islamic Golden Age to refer to polymath scholars who were knowledgeable in religion, medicine, the sciences, and Islamic philosophy.
Some examples of hakīm are:
Hākim ().
Hākim (alternative transcription Hakem) means a ruler, governor or judge. As with many titles, it also occurs as a part of the names of many individuals.
Furthermore.
As with many titles, the word also occurs in many personal names, without any noble or political significance.