Egyptian Arabic Health and medicine — 123 Words
This page lists 123 health and medicine in Egyptian Arabic, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| بِصِحّة كْوَيِّسة | bi-ȿíɧɧa kwayyísa | healthy, in good health |
| سليم (سُلام) | salīm (sulām) | healthy, in good health |
| بِعافْيَة | bi-3áfya | healthy, in good health |
| مرض (أمْراض) | máraɖ (amrāɖ) | sickness, illness, disease |
| عيّان | 3ayyān | sick, ill |
| مريض (مرْضى) | marīɖ (márɖa) | sick, ill |
| تعْبان | ta3bān | sick, ill |
| صِحِّتُه تعْبانة | ȿiɧɧítu ta3bāna | to be in poor health |
| مُعاق | mu3āq | to be handicapped |
| كُرْسي مُتحرِّك | kúrsi mutaɧárrik | wheelchair |
| دُكْتور (دكاتْرة) | duktūr (dakátra) | doctor |
| طبيب (أطِبّة) | ʈabīb (aʈíbba) | doctor |
| أنا تعْبان. أعْتقِد لازِم أروح لِدُكْتور. | ʔána ta3bān. ʔa3táqid lāzim ʔarūɧ li-duktūr. | I don’t feel well. I think I need to go see a doctor. |
| أخِصّائي | ʔaxiȿȿāʔi | specialist |
| أخِصّائي لِلقلْب | ʔaxiȿȿāʔi li-lʔálb | cardiologist |
| دُكْتور عِيون | duktūr 3iyūn | eye doctor, ophthalmologist |
| أخد ميعاد مِن | ʔáxad [i3] mi3ād min | to make an appointment with |
| مُسْتشْفى (مُسْتشْفَيات) | mustášfa (mustašfayāt) | hospital |
| عِيادة | 3iyāda | doctor’s office, clinic |
| مُمرِّض | mumárriɖ | nurse |
| مريض (مرْضى) | marīɖ (márɖa) | patient |
| عمل التّشيْك أپ | 3ámal [1s2] it[check-up] | to get a (medical) check-up |
| شخّص | šáxxaȿ [2s2] | to diagnose |
| تشْخيص | tašxīȿ | diagnosis |
| فحص | fáɧaȿ [1s1] | to examine |
| كشف على | kášaf [1s2] 3ála | to examine |
| فحْص (فُحوص) | faɧs (fuɧūȿ) | examination |
| الدُّكْتور كشف عليْه و شخّصُه إنُّه عنْدُه زُكام. | idduktūr kášaf 3alē wi šáxxaȿu ʔínnu 3ándu zukām. | The doctor examined him and diagnosed him with nasal congestion. |
| مُشْكِلة (مشاكِل، مُشْكِلات) | muškíla (mašākil, muškilāt) | problem |
| عمل إجْهاض | 3ámal [1s2] ʔighād | to have an abortion |
| جرّاح تجْميل | garrāɧ tagmīl | plastic surgeon |
| جِراحِةْ تجْميل | girāɧit tagmīl | plastic surgery |
| حمْل | ɧaml | pregnancy |
| حمل مِن | ɧámal [1s2] min | to get pregnant by |
| حامِل (حَوامِل) | ɧāmil [f.] (ɧawāmil) | pregnant |
| وِلِد | wílid [1s5] | to give birth |
| هتِوْلِدي إمْتى؟ | hatiwlídi ʔímta? | When are you due? |
| هَوْلِد في أوِّل ديسِمْبِر. | háwlid f- ʔáwwil disímbir. | I’m due in early December. |
| هِيَّ في الشّهْر الكام؟ | híyya fi -ššahr ilkām? | How far along is she? |
| هُوَّ في الشّهْر السّادِس. | híyya fi -ššahr issādis. | She’s six months pregnant. |
| اِسْتخْدِم حُبوب منْع الحمْل | istáxdim ɧubūb man3 ilɧáml | to use birth control |
| كاسْبِر | kásbir | condom |
| واقي ذكري | wāʔi zákari | condom |
| كونْدوم | kúndum | condom |
| دُكْتور سِنان | duktūr sinān | dentist |
| عنْدُه تسَوُّس | 3ándu tasáwwus | to have a cavity |
| سِنانُه بْتِوْجعُه | sinānu btiwgá3u | to have a toothache |
| عنْدُه سِنّة مكْسورة | 3ándu sínna maksūra | to have a chipped tooth |
| حشى سِنّة | ɧáša [1d2] sínna | to get a filling |
| خلع سِنّة | xála3 [1s1] sínna | to get a tooth pulled |
| عمل تنْضيف | 3ámal [1s2] tanɖīf | to get a cleaning |
| أنا رايِح لِدُكْتور السِّنان عشان أعْمِل كِشْفة على سِناني و أعْمِل تنْضيف. | ʔána rāyiɧ li-duktūr issinān 3ašān ʔá3mil kíšfa 3ála sināni wi ʔá3mal tanɖīf. | I’m going to the dentist’s to get a check-up and a cleaning. |
| أيْه المُشْكِلة؟ | ʔē ilmuškíla? | What’s wrong? |
| أنا عيّان. | ʔána 3ayyān. | I’m sick. |
| وَجع (أَوْجاع) | wága3 (awgā3) | pain |
| __ـي بْيِوْجعْني/بْتِوْجعْني. | -i/-ya byiwgá3ni/btiwgá3ni | My __ hurts. |
| كِتْفي بْيِوْجعْني مِن زمان. | kítfi byiwgá3ni min zamān. | My shoulder has been hurting for ages. |
| الحِتّة دي بْتِوْجعْني. | ilɧítta di btiwgá3ni. | It hurts here. |
| عنْدُه وَجع في ضهْرُه | 3ándu wága3 fi ɖáhru | to have a backache |
| عنْدُه صُداع | 3ándu ȿudā3 | to have a headache |
| عنْدي صُداع جامِد أَوي. | 3ándi ȿudā3 gāmid ʔáwi. | I have a really bad headache. |
| صُداع نِصْفي | ȿudā3 níȿfi | migraine |
| دوْخة | dōxa | dizziness |
| دايِخ | dāyix | dizzy |
| غُمي عليْه | ɣúmi 3alē | to faint |
| واخِد برْد | wāxid bard | to have a cold |
| عنْدُه زُكام | 3ándu zukām | to be congested, have nasal congestion |
| عنْدُه إنْفِلْوِنْزا | 3ándu ʔinfilwínza | to have the flu |
| عنْدُه حُمّى | 3ándu ɧúmma | to have a fever |
| عنْدُه وَجع في بطْنُه | 3ándu wága3 fi báʈnu | to have a stomachache |
| زورُه مُلْتهِب | zūru multáhib | to have a sore throat |
| كحّ | kaɧɧ [1g2] | to cough |
| عنْدُه كُحّة | 3ándu kúɧɧa | to have a cough |
| رجّع | rágga3 [2s2] | to vomit, throw up |
| عايِز يِرجّع | 3āyiz yirágga3 | to experience nausea, be nauseous |
| عنْدُه طفْح جِلْدي | 3ándu ʈafɧə gíldi | to have a rash |
| عنْدُه إسْهال | 3ándu ʔishāl | to have diarrhea |
| عنْدُه إمْساك | 3ándu ʔimsāk | to be constipated |
| عنْدُه عُسْر هضْم | 3ándu 3usrə haɖm | to have indigestion |
| السُّكّر | issúkkar | diabetes |
| عنْدُه السُّكّر | 3ándu -ssúkkar | to be diabetic |
| عنْدُه ربْو | 3ándu rabw | to have asthma |
| عنْدُه ضغْط | 3ándu ɖaɣʈ | to have high blood pressure |
| أيْدْز | [AIDS] | AIDS, HIV |
| سرطان | saraʈān | cancer |
| اِتْعوّر | it3áwwar [5s2] | to get injured |
| عنْدُه كدْمة | 3ándu kádma | to have a bruise |
| جرْح (جُروح) | garɧ (gurūɧ) | wound, cut |
| اِتْخيّط | itxáyyaʈ [5s2] | to get stitches |
| غُرْزة (غُرز) | ɣúrza (ɣúraz) | stitch |
| حرْق (حُروق) | ɧarʔ (ɧurūʔ) | burn |
| عنْدُه حرْق | 3ándu ɧarʔ | to get burned |
| بِلاسْتِر | bilāstir | bandage, Band-Aid |
| رِجْلُه مجْزوعة | ríglu magzū3a | to have a sprained ankle |
| كسر عضْمة | kásar [1s1] 3áɖma | to break a bone |
| عضْمة مكْسورة | 3áɖma maksūra | a broken bone |
| جبيرة (جبايِر) | gabīra (gabāyir) | cast; splint (UK: plaster) |
| كسر دِراعُه و لازِم يِركِّب جبيرة دِلْوَقْتي. | kásar dirā3u w lāzim yirákkib gabīra dilwáʔti. | He broke his arm and has to wear a cast now. |
| صورة بِاشِعِّةْ إكْس | ȿūra b-ʔaší33it ʔiks | x-ray |
| عمل أشِعِّةْ إكْس | 3ámal [1s2] ʔaší33it iks | to x-ray |
| دَوا (أدْوِيَة) | dáwa (adwíya) | medicine |
| روشِتّة | rušítta | prescription |
| وَصف | wáȿaf [1s2] | to prescribe |
| أسْپيرين | ʔaspirīn | aspirin |
| حبّايَة | ɧabbāya | pill |
| مُضادات حَيَوية | muɖādāt ɧayawíyya | antibiotics |
| حُقْنة (حُقن) | ɧúʔna (ɧúʔan) | injection, shot |
| أخد حُقْنة | ʔáxad [i3] ɧúʔna | to get a shot |
| سحب عِيانِةْ دمّ | sáɧab [1s1] 3iyānit damm | to draw blood |
| عمل فحْص دمّ | 3ámal [1s2] faɧȿə damm | to run a blood test |
| شفى | šáfa [1d2] | to cure, heal |
| شِفا | šífa | recovery, healing |
| عالِج | 3ālig [3s] | to treat |
| عِلاج | 3ilāg | treatment |
| عدْوى | 3ádwa | infection |
| مُعْدي | mú3di | contagious |
| إنْتَ مرضك مُعْدي؟ | ʔínta máraɖak mú3di? | Are you contagious? |
| جرّاح | garrāɧ | surgeon |
| جِراحة | girāɧa | surgery |
| عمل جِراحة لِـ | 3ámal [1s2] girāɧa li- | to perform surgery on, operate on |
| عمل عملية لِـ | 3ámal [1s2] 3amalíyya li- | to perform surgery on, operate on |
| عمل جِراحة | 3ámal [1s2] girāɧa | to undergo surgery, have an operation |
| عمل عملية | 3ámal [1s2] 3amalíyya | to undergo surgery, have an operation |
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