طب

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ط ب ب (ṭ b b)
7 terms

Pronunciation

Noun

طِبّ (ṭibbm

  1. verbal noun of طَبَّ (ṭabba) (form I)
  2. medicine (field of study)
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: tibb
  • Chagatai: طب
  • Hindustani:
  • Ottoman Turkish: طب (tıbb)
  • Pashto: طب
  • Persian: طب (tebb)
  • Punjabi:
  • Sindhi: طبو
  • Swahili: tiba

Verb

طَبَّ (ṭabba) I (non-past يَطُبُّ (yaṭubbu) or يَطِبُّ (yaṭibbu), verbal noun طَبّ (ṭabb) or طِبّ (ṭibb) or طُبّ (ṭubb))

  1. to treat medically
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Noun

طَبّ (ṭabbm

  1. verbal noun of طَبَّ (ṭabba) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 3

Noun

طُبّ (ṭubbm

  1. verbal noun of طَبَّ (ṭabba) (form I)
Declension

Libyan Arabic

Pronunciation

Verb

طَبّ (ṭabb) I

  1. (slang) to arrest

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طِبّ (ṭibb).

Noun

طب (tıbb)

  1. the science of medicine, therapeutics

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طِبّ (ṭibb).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? tiḇː
Dari reading? tibː
Iranian reading? tebː
Tajik reading? tibː

Noun

Dari طب
Iranian Persian
Tajik тиб

طب (tebb)

  1. medicine (science and field of healthcare)
    Synonym: پزشکی (pezeški)

Punjabi

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Wikipedia pnb

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طِبّ (ṭibb).

Noun

طِبّ (t̤ibbf (Gurmukhi spelling ਤਿੱਬ)

  1. medicine (field of study)

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “طِبّ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

South Levantine Arabic

Pronunciation

Interjection

طبّ (ṭabb)

  1. Alternative form of طيّب (ṭayyeb)

Urdu

Urdu Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ur

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طِبّ (ṭibb).

Noun

طِبّ (tibbf (Hindi spelling तिब्ब)

  1. medicine (field of study)

Further reading

  • Platts, John T. (1884) “طب”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.