tebb طب
Algerian Darja · noun
“tebb” (طب) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning medicine (science, studies).
Meanings
- medicine (science, studies)
- medical care, treatment
Usage
Tebb means medicine as a discipline or a field of study. You say ye9ra tebb, "he studies medicine", and taleb tebb for a medical student. It also appears in tebb el a3cheb, herbal medicine, which comes up a lot in talk about traditional remedies. In everyday speech, the doctor is tbib, and the most common expression for going to see one is rouh l tbib. In student speech, the French word "médecine" is often mixed in with tebb.
Example
بنتي راهي تقرا طبّ في الجامعة
benti rahi te9ra tebb fel jami3a
“My daughter is studying medicine at the university.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tebb” but also “teb”, “tib”, “tibb” and “tobb”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “tebb” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “medicine (discipline, studies)”: tebb in Tunisian.