tbib طبيب
Algerian Darja · noun
“tbib” (طبيب) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning doctor, physician.
Meanings
- doctor, physician
- healer (figurative)
Usage
Tbib is the usual word for a doctor. People say "nroh l'tbib" for "go to the doctor". It can be qualified with a complement: tbib ta3 snan (dentist), tbib nafsani (psychiatrist, psychologist). The feminine is tbiba. The plural is tobba or atibba, but many people simply say "ttbib" or use the French "docteur", which is very common in speech. In a religious or poetic register, tbib can refer to someone who heals hearts. Pronounced with an emphatic t, often with no vowel after the t.
Example
راني مريض، لازم نروح لطبيب
rani mrid, lazem nrouh l'tbib
“I'm sick, I have to go to the doctor.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tbib” but also “tbiib”, “tobib”, “tbibe” and “tabib”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “tbib” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “doctor, physician”: tbib in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “doctor, physician”: tbib in Tunisian.