طبيب

See also: طبیب

Algerian Arabic

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic طبيب.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˤbeːb/

Noun

طبيب (ṭbēb) m (plural طبة (ṭabba))

1. doctor

Arabic

Root
ط ب ب (ṭ b b)
8 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˤa.biːb/
• Rhymes: -iːb

• Audio:

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Noun

طَبِيب • (ṭabīb) m (plural أَطِبَّاء (ʔaṭibbāʔ) or أَطِبَّة (ʔaṭibba), feminine طَبِيبَة (ṭabība))

1. doctor, physician

   Synonyms: (archaic) آسٍ (ʔāsin), دُكْتُور (duktūr)

   • 1377 C.E., Ibn Khaldun, “الفصل الثاني والخمسون في أن العمران البشري لا بد له من سياسة ينتظم بها أمره” (chapter 52), in تاريخ ابن خلدون, 1st edition, Part 1, Beirut: Dar Al-Fikr, published 1981, page 386:

     وَٱنْصِبْ لِمَرْضَى الْمُسْلِمِين دُورًا تَأْوِيهِمْ وَقُوَّامًا يَرْفِقُونَ بِهِمْ وَأَطِبَّاءَ يُعَالِجُونَ أَسْقَامَهُمْ وَأَسْعِفْهُمْ بِشَهَوَاتِهِمْ مَا لَمْ يُؤَدِّ ذٰلِكَ إِلَى إِسْرَافٍ فِي بَيْتِ الْمَالِ.

     wanṣib limarḍā l-muslimīn dūran taʔwīhim waquwwāman yarfiqūna bihim waʔaṭibbāʔa yuʕālijūna ʔasqāmahum waʔasʕifhum bišahawātihim mā lam yuʔaddi ḏālika ʔilā ʔisrāfin fī bayti l-māli.

     Set up houses for Muslims who are ill, to shelter them. (Appoint) attendants in these houses who will handle them kindly, and (appoint) physicians who will treat their diseases. Comply with their desires so long as it does not lead to waste in the treasury.

Declension

Declension of noun طَبِيب (ṭabīb)

singular	masculine			feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	طَبِيب ṭabīb	الطَّبِيب aṭ-ṭabīb	طَبِيب ṭabīb	طَبِيبَة ṭabība	الطَّبِيبَة aṭ-ṭabība	طَبِيبَة ṭabībat
nominative	طَبِيبٌ ṭabībun	الطَّبِيبُ aṭ-ṭabību	طَبِيبُ ṭabību	طَبِيبَةٌ ṭabībatun	الطَّبِيبَةُ aṭ-ṭabībatu	طَبِيبَةُ ṭabībatu
accusative	طَبِيبًا ṭabīban	الطَّبِيبَ aṭ-ṭabība	طَبِيبَ ṭabība	طَبِيبَةً ṭabībatan	الطَّبِيبَةَ aṭ-ṭabībata	طَبِيبَةَ ṭabībata
genitive	طَبِيبٍ ṭabībin	الطَّبِيبِ aṭ-ṭabībi	طَبِيبِ ṭabībi	طَبِيبَةٍ ṭabībatin	الطَّبِيبَةِ aṭ-ṭabībati	طَبِيبَةِ ṭabībati
dual	masculine			feminine
	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	طَبِيبَيْن ṭabībayn	الطَّبِيبَيْن aṭ-ṭabībayn	طَبِيبَيْ ṭabībay	طَبِيبَتَيْن ṭabībatayn	الطَّبِيبَتَيْن aṭ-ṭabībatayn	طَبِيبَتَيْ ṭabībatay
nominative	طَبِيبَانِ ṭabībāni	الطَّبِيبَانِ aṭ-ṭabībāni	طَبِيبَا ṭabībā	طَبِيبَتَانِ ṭabībatāni	الطَّبِيبَتَانِ aṭ-ṭabībatāni	طَبِيبَتَا ṭabībatā
accusative	طَبِيبَيْنِ ṭabībayni	الطَّبِيبَيْنِ aṭ-ṭabībayni	طَبِيبَيْ ṭabībay	طَبِيبَتَيْنِ ṭabībatayni	الطَّبِيبَتَيْنِ aṭ-ṭabībatayni	طَبِيبَتَيْ ṭabībatay
genitive	طَبِيبَيْنِ ṭabībayni	الطَّبِيبَيْنِ aṭ-ṭabībayni	طَبِيبَيْ ṭabībay	طَبِيبَتَيْنِ ṭabībatayni	الطَّبِيبَتَيْنِ aṭ-ṭabībatayni	طَبِيبَتَيْ ṭabībatay
plural	masculine			feminine
	basic broken plural diptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)			sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَطِبَّاء‎; أَطِبَّة ʔaṭibbāʔ‎; ʔaṭibba	الْأَطِبَّاء‎; الْأَطِبَّة al-ʔaṭibbāʔ‎; al-ʔaṭibba	أَطِبَّاء‎; أَطِبَّة ʔaṭibbāʔ‎; ʔaṭibbat	طَبِيبَات ṭabībāt	الطَّبِيبَات aṭ-ṭabībāt	طَبِيبَات ṭabībāt
nominative	أَطِبَّاءُ‎; أَطِبَّةٌ ʔaṭibbāʔu‎; ʔaṭibbatun	الْأَطِبَّاءُ‎; الْأَطِبَّةُ al-ʔaṭibbāʔu‎; al-ʔaṭibbatu	أَطِبَّاءُ‎; أَطِبَّةُ ʔaṭibbāʔu‎; ʔaṭibbatu	طَبِيبَاتٌ ṭabībātun	الطَّبِيبَاتُ aṭ-ṭabībātu	طَبِيبَاتُ ṭabībātu
accusative	أَطِبَّاءَ‎; أَطِبَّةً ʔaṭibbāʔa‎; ʔaṭibbatan	الْأَطِبَّاءَ‎; الْأَطِبَّةَ al-ʔaṭibbāʔa‎; al-ʔaṭibbata	أَطِبَّاءَ‎; أَطِبَّةَ ʔaṭibbāʔa‎; ʔaṭibbata	طَبِيبَاتٍ ṭabībātin	الطَّبِيبَاتِ aṭ-ṭabībāti	طَبِيبَاتِ ṭabībāti
genitive	أَطِبَّاءَ‎; أَطِبَّةٍ ʔaṭibbāʔa‎; ʔaṭibbatin	الْأَطِبَّاءِ‎; الْأَطِبَّةِ al-ʔaṭibbāʔi‎; al-ʔaṭibbati	أَطِبَّاءِ‎; أَطِبَّةِ ʔaṭibbāʔi‎; ʔaṭibbati	طَبِيبَاتٍ ṭabībātin	الطَّبِيبَاتِ aṭ-ṭabībāti	طَبِيبَاتِ ṭabībāti

Descendants

• Gulf Arabic: طبيب (ṭabīb)
• Maltese: tabib
• Moroccan Arabic: طبيب (ṭbīb)
• → French: toubib
• → Kazakh: тәуіп (täuıp)
• → Persian: طبیب (tabib)
  • → Bengali: তবীব (tobib)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: तबीब (tabīb)

    Urdu: طَبِیب (tabīb)

  • → Ottoman Turkish: طبیب (tabīb)
    • Turkish: tabip
• → Uyghur: تېۋىپ (tëwip)
• → Uzbek: tabib

Malay

Noun

طبيب (plural طبيب-طبيب or طبيب٢)

1. Jawi spelling of tabib.‎

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic طَبِيب (ṭabīb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˤbiːb/

• Audio:

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Noun

طبيب • (ṭbīb) m (plural طبة (ṭubba) or أطباء (ʔaṭibbāʔ), feminine طبيبة (ṭbība))

1. doctor, physician

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian طَبِیب (tabīb), from Arabic طَبِيب (ṭabīb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t̪ə.biːb]

Noun

طَبِيبُ • (t̤abību) m (Devanagari तबीबु)

1. doctor, physician

   Synonym: ڊاڪٽَرُ (ḍākṭaru)

   • c. 1689 – 1752, Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, Shah Jo Risalo 2.1:

     تُون حَبِيبُ، تُون طَبِيبُ، تُون دارُون کي دَردَنِ

     tū̃ ḥabību, tū̃ t̤abību, tū̃ dārū̃ khe dardani

     • 2018 translation by Christopher Shackle

       You are the beloved, you are the doctor, and you are the remedy for pain

Declension

Declension of طَبِيبُ (masc u-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	طَبِيبُ t̤abību	طَبِيبَ t̤abība
oblique	طَبِيبَ t̤abība	طَبِيبَنِ t̤abībani
vocative	طَبِيبَ t̤abība	طَبِيبو t̤abībo

Further reading

• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910), “طبيب”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society, page 369
• Sindhi Language Authority (2026), “طبيب”, in Online Sindhi Dictionaries‎^[1]

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ط ب ب
1 term

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic طَبِيب (ṭabīb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˤa.biːb/, [tˤɑˈbiːb]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Noun

طبيب • (ṭabīb) m (plural أطبّاء (ʔaṭibbāʔ), feminine طبيبة (ṭabībe))

1. doctor, physician

   Synonyms: دكتور (doktōr), حكيم (ḥakīm)