طبيب

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Algerian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic طبيب.

Pronunciation

Noun

طبيب (ṭbēbm (plural طبة (ṭabba))

  1. doctor

Arabic

Root
ط ب ب (ṭ b b)
7 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tˤa.biːb/
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Noun

طَبِيب (ṭabībm (plural أَطِبَّاء (ʔaṭibbāʔ) or أَطِبّة (ʔaṭibba), feminine طَبِيبة (ṭabība))

  1. doctor, physician
    Synonyms: (archaic) آسٍ (ʔāsin), دُكْتُور (duktūr)
    • 1377 C.E., Ibn Khaldun, “الفصل الثاني والخمسون في أن العمران البشري لا بد له من سياسة ينتظم بها أمره” (chapter 52), in تاريخ ابن خلدون, 1st edition, Part 1, Beirut: Dar Al-Fikr, published 1981, page 386:
      وَٱنْصِبْ لِمَرْضَى الْمُسْلِمِين دُورًا تَأْوِيهِمْ وَقُوَّامًا يَرْفِقُونَ بِهِمْ وَأَطِبَّاءَ يُعَالِجُونَ أَسْقَامَهُمْ وَأَسْعِفْهُمْ بِشَهَوَاتِهِمْ مَا لَمْ يُؤَدِّ ذٰلِكَ إِلَى إِسْرَافٍ فِي بَيْتِ الْمَالِ.
      wanṣib limarḍā l-muslimīn dūran taʔwīhim waquwwāman yarfiqūna bihim waʔaṭibbāʔa yuʕālijūna ʔasqāmahum waʔasʕifhum bišahawātihim mā lam yuʔaddi ḏālika ʔilā ʔisrāfin fī bayti l-māli.
      Set up houses for Muslims who are ill, to shelter them. (Appoint) attendants in these houses who will handle them kindly, and (appoint) physicians who will treat their diseases. Comply with their desires so long as it does not lead to waste in the treasury.

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Descendants

Malay

Noun

طبيب (plural طبيب-طبيب or طبيب۲, informal 1st possessive طبيبکو, 2nd possessive طبيبمو, 3rd possessive طبيبڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of tabib

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic طَبِيب (ṭabīb).

Pronunciation

Noun

طبيب (ṭbībm (plural طبة (ṭubba) or أطباء (ʔaṭibbāʔ), feminine طبيبة (ṭbība))

  1. doctor, physician

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ط ب ب
1 term

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic طَبِيب (ṭabīb).

Pronunciation

Noun

طبيب (ṭabībm (plural أطبّاء (ʔaṭibbāʔ), feminine طبيبة (ṭabībe))

  1. doctor, physician
    Synonyms: دكتور (doktōr), حكيم (ḥakīm)