doktour دكتور
Tunisian Derja · noun
“doktour” (دكتور) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning doctor, physician.
Meanings
- doctor, physician
- doctor (academic title)
Usage
Doktour (feminine doktoura) serves both as a title and as a common noun for a physician. Before a family name, it is used as in English: doktour Ben Salah. It is also used alone to address the doctor: ya doktour. To talk about doctors in general, tbib is just as common, or even more so: mchit lel tbib. Doktour keeps a more formal, respectful nuance. Out of politeness, it is sometimes applied to a pharmacist or a dentist, and more rarely to someone holding a doctorate.
Example
عندي موعد مع الدكتور الصباح
3andi maw3ed m3a eddoktour essba7
“I have an appointment with the doctor this morning.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “doktour” but also “doctour”, “docteur”, “doktor” and “doctor”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.