dwa دوا
Tunisian Derja · noun
“dwa” (دوا) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning medicine, medication.
Meanings
- medicine, medication
- remedy, fix (figurative)
Usage
Dwa refers to medicine in the broadest sense: tablets, syrup or ointment. The plural is adwiya, but dwa is often used simply for a whole course of treatment. It is built with the preposition l- for the illness: dwa lel ras (a medicine for the head), dwa lel kou7a (for the cough). It is also used figuratively for a solution to a problem: hedha ma 3andou 7ata dwa (there is no remedy for this). The related verb, dawa, means "to treat". In Tunisia, dwa does not mean "to speak".
Example
مشيت للفرماسي نشري دوا للسخانة.
mchit lel pharmacie nechri dwa lel s5ana.
“I went to the pharmacy to buy medicine for the fever.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “dwa” but also “dwe”, “dawa”, “edwa” and “dwé”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “dwa” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “medicine, remedy”; “chemical product (insecticide, treatment)”: dwa in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “medicine, remedy”; “product (insecticide, treatment)”: dwa in Algerian.