tbib طبيب
Tunisian Derja · noun
“tbib” (طبيب) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning doctor, physician.
Meanings
- doctor, physician
Usage
Tbib means a doctor, whether a general practitioner or a specialist. The word is common in all registers, but many Tunisians also say doktour, or French docteur, especially when addressing the practitioner directly. One says mchit lel tbib, "I went to the doctor", and tbib snin for the dentist. The feminine is tbiba, and the plural is atebba. For a nurse, people say fermli instead, a borrowing adapted from French.
Example
عندي سخانة من البارح، لازمني نمشي للطبيب.
3andi s5ana mel bera7, lazemni nemchi lel tbib.
“I've had a fever since yesterday, 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” and “tobib”. 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 Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “doctor, physician”; “healer (figurative)”: tbib in Algerian.