Moroccan Darija Health and Medicine — 115 Words
This page lists 115 health and medicine in Moroccan Darija, one of the most widely spoken varieties of Arabic. Each entry includes the Arabic script, an English translation, and a phonetic transliteration to help you pronounce each word correctly. Whether you are a beginner or building on existing knowledge, this word list is a practical starting point for learning Arabic.
| Arabic | Transliteration | English |
|---|---|---|
| لاباس | healthy, in good health | |
| مرْض (أمْراض) | sickness, illness, disease | |
| مْريض (مْراض) | sick, ill | |
| عِيّان | to be in poor health | |
| مُعاق | to be handicapped | |
| وُلْدات | to give birth | |
| إمْتى غتْولْدي؟ | When are you due? | |
| كُرْسي مُتحرِّك | wheelchair | |
| طْبيب (طُبّه) | doctor | |
| حاسّ بْراسي مْشي مزْيان، واقيلا خاصْني نمْشي عنْد الطّْبيب. | I don’t feel well. I think I need to go see a doctor. | |
| أخِصّائي | specialist | |
| طْبيب قلْب | cardiologist | |
| طْبيب العيْنين | eye doctor, ophthalmologist | |
| خْدا رونْديڤو مْع | to make an appointment with | |
| سْبيطار | hospital | |
| عِيادة | doctor’s office, clinic | |
| فرْمْلي | nurse (male) | |
| فرْمْلية | nurse (female) | |
| مْريض (مرْضى) | patient | |
| دار كونْتْرول عنْد طْبيب | to get a (medical) check-up | |
| دار دياڭْنوسْتيك | to diagnose | |
| دياڭْنوسْتيك | diagnosis | |
| شاف | to examine | |
| كوْنْتْروْل | examination | |
| شافو الطّْبيب و لقا عنْدو ڭْريپ. | The doctor examined him and diagnosed him with the flu. | |
| مُشْكِلة (مشاكِل) | problem | |
| شْنو المُشْكِل؟ | What’s wrong? | |
| آنا مْريض. | I’m sick. | |
| وْجع | pain | |
| ألم | pain | |
| كيضرّْني __. | My __ hurts. | |
| كتْفي ضارْني من شْحال هاذي. | My shoulder has been hurting for ages. | |
| كيضرْني هْنا. | It hurts here. | |
| كيضرّو ظهْرو | to have a backache | |
| كيضرّو راسو | to have a headache | |
| كيضرّْني راسي بزّاف. | I have a really bad headache. | |
| ميڭْران | migraine | |
| دوخة | dizziness | |
| دايِخ | dizzy | |
| داخ | to faint | |
| ضرْبو البرْد | to have a cold | |
| نيفو مسْدود | to be congested, have nasal congestion | |
| عنْدو ڭْريپ | to have the flu | |
| عنْدو سْخانة | to have a fever | |
| ضارّاه كُرْشو | to have a stomachache | |
| ضارّاه قرْجوتّو | to have a sore throat | |
| كْحب | to cough | |
| عنْدو كُحْبة | to have a cough | |
| ردّ | to vomit, throw up | |
| فيه الرّدّان | to experience nausea, be nauseous | |
| جاه الإسْهال | to have diarrhea | |
| مقْبوط | to be constipated | |
| عنْدو سوء الهضْم | to have indigestion | |
| السُّكّر | diabetes | |
| عنْدو السُّكّر | to be diabetic | |
| عنْدو الرّبْو | to have asthma | |
| عنْدو الطّونْسْيوْن | to have high blood pressure | |
| السّيدا | AIDS | |
| كوْنْصيْر | cancer | |
| تْوعّت | to get injured | |
| عنْدو زْروڭية | to have a bruise | |
| جرْحة | wound, cut | |
| غرّز | to get stitches | |
| غُرْزة (غْرازي) | stitch | |
| حرْقة | burn | |
| تّحْرق | to get burned | |
| فاصْمة | bandage, Band-Aid | |
| لْوا الشّوڤية | to have a sprained ankle | |
| هرّس العْظم | to break a bone | |
| عْظم مْهرّس | a broken bone | |
| جْبيرة | cast (UK: plaster); splint | |
| ڭبْص | cast (UK: plaster); splint | |
| هرّس إيدّو و دابا خاصّو يْدير الڭبْص. | He broke his arm and has to wear a cast now. | |
| رادْيوْ | x-ray | |
| دار رادْيوْ | to x-ray | |
| دْوا (دْوايات) | medicine | |
| أوْرْدونوْنْس | prescription | |
| أسْپيرين | aspirin | |
| فانيدة | pill | |
| أونْتيبْيِوتيك | antibiotics | |
| بْرا | injection, shot | |
| دار بْرا | to get a shot | |
| جْبد الدّمّ | to draw blood | |
| دار تحْليلة الدّمّ | to run a blood test | |
| بْرا | to cure, heal | |
| الشّْفا | recovery, healing | |
| داوا | to treat | |
| دْوا | treatment | |
| طْريطْمون | treatment | |
| آنْفيكْسْيوْن | infection | |
| كتْعادي | contagious | |
| واش مرْضك كيْعادي؟ | Are you contagious? | |
| جرّاح | surgeon | |
| عملية | surgery | |
| دار عملية عْلى | to perform surgery on, operate on | |
| دار عملية | to undergo surgery, have an operation | |
| دارت إجْهاض | to have an abortion | |
| جرّاح تجْميلي | plastic surgeon | |
| عملية تجْميل | plastic surgery | |
| حْمل | pregnancy | |
| حمْلات من | to get pregnant by | |
| حامْلة | pregnant | |
| غنْوْلد فْ البدْية دْيال ديصّومْبر. | I’m due in early December. | |
| فْإينا شْهر هِيّ؟ | How far along is she? | |
| هِيّ فْ الشّْهر السّادس. | She’s six-months pregnant. | |
| خْدات حُبوب منْع الحمْل | to use birth control | |
| پْريْزيْرْڤاتيف | condom | |
| دونْتيسْت | dentist | |
| عنْدو السّوسة | to have a cavity | |
| ضارّاه سنْتو | to have a toothache | |
| عنْدو سنّة مْهرْسة | to have a chipped tooth | |
| حْشى السّنّة | to get a filling | |
| حيّد سنّة | to get a tooth pulled | |
| دار ديطارْطْراج | to get a cleaning | |
| غنْمْشي عنْد الدّونْتيسْت يْشوف لِيّا سْناني و نْدير ديطارْطْراج. | I’m going to the dentist’s to get a check-up and a cleaning. |
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