Health and Medicine in Tunisian Arabic
Health and Medicine in Tunisian Arabic
| health | ʂaɧɧa | صحّة | |
| healthy, in good health | lēbēs | لاباس | |
| sickness, illness, disease | mraʐ (amrāʐ) | مْرض (أمْراض) | |
| sick, ill; patient | mrīʐ (murʐa) | مريض (مُرْضى) | |
| to be in poor health (2); very sad, depressed | fī ɧāle | في حالة | |
| to be handicapped | mu3āq | مُعاق | |
| wheelchair | kursi mitɧarrik | كُرْسي مِتْحرِّك | |
| doctor | ʈbīb (ʈubbe) | طْبيب (طُبّة) | |
| doctor | duktūr (dkētra) | دُكْتور (دْكاتْرة) | |
| I don’t feel well. I think I need to go see a doctor. | ēne mitqalliq, yuʐhurli lēzimni nšūf ʈbīb. | آنا مِتْقلِّق، يُظْهُرْلي لازِمْني نْشوف طْبيب. | |
| specialist | axiʂʂāʔi | أخِصّائي | |
| specialist | spēsyēlīst (fr: spécialiste) | سْپاسْياليسْت | |
| cardiologist | ʈbīb qalb | طْبيب قلْب | |
| eye doctor, ophthalmologist | ʈbīb 3īnīn | طْبيب عينين | |
| to make an appointment with | xđē rãdēvu m3a | خْذا رونْداڥو مْعَ | |
| hospital | sbīʈār | سبْيطار | |
| doctor’s office, clinic | kābīnē (fr: cabinet) | كابيناة | |
| nurse; pharmacist | firmli | فِرمْلي | |
| The doctor examined him and diagnosed him with the flu. | šēfu -ʈʈbīb w lqā 3andu grīp (fr: grippe). | شافُه الطّْبيب و لْقى عنْدُه ڨْريپ. | |
| examination | kontrol | كونْتْرول | |
| to get a (medical) check-up | 3mel kontrol (fr: controle) | عْمل كونْتْرول | |
| diagnosis | dyēgnostīk | دْياڨْنوسْتيك | |
| to diagnose | 3mel dyēgnostīk (fr: diagnostic) | عْمل دْياڨْنوسْتيك | |
| problem | muškle (mšēkil) | مُشْكْلة (مْشاكِل) | |
| What’s wrong? | šbīk? | شْبيك؟ | |
| I’m sick. | ēne mrīʐ. | آنا مْريض. | |
| pain | wjī3a (wjēya3) | وْجيعة (وْجايَع) | |
| My __ hurts. | __-i yūja3 fiyye. [m.] | __ـي يوجع فِيّا. | |
| My shoulder has been hurting for ages. | kitfi yūja3 fiyye min bikri. | كِتْفي يوجع فِيّا مِن بِكري. | |
| It hurts here. | 3andi wjī3e hnē. | عنْدي وْجيعة هْنا. | |
| to have a backache | 3andu wjī3e fī ʐahru. | عنْدُه وْجيعة في ضهْرُه. | |
| to have a headache | rāsu yūja3 fī. | راسُه يوجع فيه. | |
| I have a really bad headache. | 3andi wjī3it rās qwiyye barše. | عنْدي وْجيعِة راس قْوِيّة برْشا. | |
| migraine | mīgrēn | ميڨْران | |
| dizziness | dūxa | دوخة | |
| dizzy | dēyix | دايِخ | |
| to faint | dēx | داخ | |
| to have a cold | xđē bard | خْذا برْد | |
| to be congested, have nasal congestion | xašmu mesdūd | خشْمُه مسْدود | |
| to have the flu | mgarrip | مْڨرِّپ | |
| to have the flu | 3andu grīp | عنْدُه ڨْريپ | |
| to have a fever | 3andu sxāne | عنْدُه سْخانة | |
| to have a stomachache | 3andu wjī3a fī kiršu. | عنْدُه وْجيعة في كِرْشُه. | |
| to have a sore throat | grējmu taɧraq | ڨراجْمُه تحْرق | |
| to have a cough | 3andu kaɧɧa | عنْدُه كحّة | |
| to vomit, throw up | radd | ردّ | |
| to experience nausea, be nauseous | yiɧibb yirudd | يِحِبّ يِرُدّ | |
| to experience nausea, be nauseous | 3andu raddēn | عنْدُه ردّان | |
| to have diarrhea | 3andu diyārē (fr: diarrhée) | عنْدُه ديارَي | |
| constipated | kõstīpē (fr: constipé) | كونْسْتيپا | |
| to have indigestion | 3andu ãdījēstyõ (fr: indigestion) | عنْدُه أنْديجاسْتْيون | |
| diabetes | issukkur | السُّكُّر | |
| to be diabetic | 3andu -ssukkur | عنْدُه السُّكُّر | |
| to have asthma | 3andu ʐīq innfes | عنْدُه ضيق النْفس | |
| to have high blood pressure | 3andu -ttãsyõ (fr: tension) | عنْدُه التّونْسْيون | |
| AIDS, HIV | issīde | السّيدا | |
| cancer | kãsēr (fr: cancer) | كونسير | |
| to get injured | tijraɧ | تِجْرح | |
| to have a bruise | 3andu zrūqiyye | عنْدُه زْروقِيّة | |
| wound, cut | jurɧ (jrūɧ) | جُرْح (جْروح) | |
| to get stitches | ɣarraz | غرّز | |
| stitch | ɣurze (ɣruz) | غُرْزة (غْرُز) | |
| burn | ɧarqa | حرْقة | |
| to get burned | tiɧraq | تِحْرق | |
| bandage, Band-Aid | fāʂme | فاصْمة | |
| bandage, Band-Aid | bãdāj (fr: bandage) | بونْداج | |
| to have a sprained ankle | sēqu t3awjit | ساقُه تْعوْجِت | |
| to break a bone | ksar 3aʐme | كْسر عظْمة | |
| a broken bone | 3aʐme mkessira | عظْمة مْكسِّرة | |
| cast (UK: plaster); splint | jbīra | جْبيرة | |
| He broke his arm and has to wear a cast now. | ksar yiddu w lēzmu jbīre tewtew. | كْسر يِدُّه و لازْمُه جْبيرة تَوْتَوْ. | |
| x-ray | rēyõ iks (fr: rayon x) | رايون إكْس | |
| to x-ray | 3mel rādyo | عْمل رادْيو | |
| medicine, drug | dwē (dwēyēt) | دْوا (دْوايات) | |
| prescription | ordonãs (fr: ordonnance) | أورْدُنونْس | |
| aspirin | espīrīn | أسْپيرين | |
| pill | ɧarbūše (ɧrābiš) | حرْبوشة (حْرابِش) | |
| antibiotics | ãtībyotīk (fr: antibiotiques) | أونْتيبْيْوتِيك | |
| injection, shot | zurrīqa (zrēriq) | زُرّيقة (زْرارِق) | |
| to get a shot | zarraq | زرّق | |
| to draw blood | jbid dem | جْبِد دم | |
| to run a blood test | 3mel taɧlīl dem | عْمل تحْليل دم | |
| to cure, heal | brā | بْرا | |
| recovery, healing | iššfē | الشّْفا | |
| to treat | dēwe | داوا | |
| treatment | dwē | دْوا | |
| treatment | trētmã (fr: traitement) | تْراتْمون | |
| infection | ãfeksyõ (fr: infection) | أنفكسيون | |
| infection | 3adwe | عدْوى | |
| contagious | ya3di | يعْدي | |
| Are you contagious? | marʐik ya3di? | مْرضِك يعْدي؟ | |
| surgeon | jarrāɧ | جرّاح | |
| surgery | 3ameliyye | عمليّة | |
| to perform surgery on, operate on | 3mel 3ameliyye 3lē | عْمل عمليّة على | |
| to undergo surgery, have an operation | 3mel 3ameliyye | عْمل عمليّة | |
| to have an abortion | 3mel ijhāʐ | عْمل إجهاض | |
| plastic surgeon | jarrāɧ tejmīl | جرّاح تجْميل | |
| plastic surgery | 3ameliyyit tejmīl (3ameliyyēt tejmīl) | عملِيِّة تجْميل (عملِيّات تجْميل) | |
| pregnancy | ɧbēle | حْبالة | |
| to get pregnant by | ɧbil min | حْبِل مِن | |
| pregnant | ɧible (ɧbēle) | حِبْلة (حْبالى) | |
| When are you due? | waqtēš bēš tūlid? | وقْتاش باش تولِد؟ | |
| I’m due in early December. | bēš nūlid fī ewwil dēsãbir. | باش نولِد في أوِّل دَيْسُمْبِر. | |
| How far along is she? | fēnu šhar hiyye? | فانو شْهر هِيَّ؟ | |
| She’s six-months pregnant. | hiyye fī -ššhar issēdis | هِيَّ في الشّْهر السّادِس. | |
| She’s six-months pregnant. | hiyye fī šharhe -ssēdis. | هِيَّ في شْهرْها السّادِس. | |
| to use birth control | xđē ɧbūb men3 ilɧaml | خْذا حْبوب منْع الحمْل | |
| condom | brēzērvātīf (fr: préservatif) | بْرازارْڥاتيف | |
| condom | wēqi | واقي | |
| to have a cavity | 3andu sūs | عنْدُه سوس | |
| to have a toothache | sinnī yūj3u fī | سِنّيه يوجْعْو فيه | |
| to have a chipped tooth | 3andu sinne mkessira | عنْدُه سِنّة مْكسِّرة | |
| to get a filling | 3mel rãplīsēj (fr: remplissage) | عْمل رومْپْليساج | |
| to get a tooth pulled | naɧɧa sinne | نحّا سِنّة | |
| to get a cleaning/scaling | 3mel dētārtrāj (fr: détartrage) | عْمل داتارْتْراج | |
| I’m going to the dentist’s to get a check-up and a cleaning. | ēne mēši liddãtīst bēš yišūfli sinneyye w n3mel dētārtrāj. | آنا ماشي لِلدّونْتيسْت باش يِشوفْلي سِنّيّا و نعْمل داتارْتْراج. | |
| to get one’s teeth whitened | bayyaʐ sinnī | بيّض سِنّيه |
Health and Medicine in Tunisian Arabic
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