al-hakim

1. 1.

   an Ismaili caliph of Egypt who declared himself an incarnation of God and founded the Druze religious sect (985-1021)

   Broaderreligious leader

Questions about al-hakim

What does al-hakim mean?

al-hakim means "an Ismaili caliph of Egypt who declared himself an incarnation of God and founded the Druze religious sect (985-1021)".

How many syllables are in al-hakim?

al-hakim has 3 syllables and divides as al--ha-kim under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is al-hakim a common word?

al-hakim is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.