Medical in Different Languages
Discover 'Medical' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Medical
Afrikaans medies | ||
Albanian mjekësor | ||
Amharic የህክምና | ||
Arabic طبي | ||
Armenian բժշկական | ||
Assamese মেডিকেল | ||
Aymara qulliri | ||
Azerbaijani tibbi | ||
Bambara furakɛli | ||
Basque medikua | ||
Belarusian медыцынскі | ||
Bengali চিকিৎসা | ||
Bhojpuri चिकित्सा | ||
Bosnian medicinski | ||
Bulgarian медицински | ||
Catalan mèdic | ||
Cebuano medikal | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 医疗 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 醫療 | ||
Corsican medicale | ||
Croatian medicinski | ||
Czech lékařský | ||
Danish medicinsk | ||
Dhivehi މެޑިކަލް | ||
Dogri मेडिकल | ||
Dutch medisch | ||
English medical | ||
Esperanto medicina | ||
Estonian meditsiiniline | ||
Ewe dɔyɔyɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) medikal | ||
Finnish lääketieteellinen | ||
French médical | ||
Frisian medysk | ||
Galician médica | ||
Georgian სამედიცინო | ||
German medizinisch | ||
Greek ιατρικός | ||
Guarani pohãnohára | ||
Gujarati તબીબી | ||
Haitian Creole medikal | ||
Hausa likita | ||
Hawaiian kauka | ||
Hebrew רְפוּאִי | ||
Hindi मेडिकल | ||
Hmong kev kho mob | ||
Hungarian orvosi | ||
Icelandic læknisfræðilegt | ||
Igbo ọgwụ na ahụ ike | ||
Ilocano medikal | ||
Indonesian medis | ||
Irish leighis | ||
Italian medico | ||
Japanese 医療 | ||
Javanese medis | ||
Kannada ವೈದ್ಯಕೀಯ | ||
Kazakh медициналық | ||
Khmer វេជ្ជសាស្រ្ត | ||
Kinyarwanda ubuvuzi | ||
Konkani वखद | ||
Korean 의료 | ||
Krio wɛlbɔdi biznɛs | ||
Kurdish pizişkî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) پزیشکی | ||
Kyrgyz медициналык | ||
Lao ທາງການແພດ | ||
Latin medicorum | ||
Latvian medicīniska | ||
Lingala kimonganga | ||
Lithuanian medicininis | ||
Luganda bya busawo | ||
Luxembourgish medizinesch | ||
Macedonian медицински | ||
Maithili मेडिकल | ||
Malagasy fitsaboana | ||
Malay perubatan | ||
Malayalam മെഡിക്കൽ | ||
Maltese mediku | ||
Maori hauora | ||
Marathi वैद्यकीय | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯅꯥ ꯂꯥꯏꯌꯦꯡꯒꯤ ꯃꯇꯥꯡ | ||
Mizo damdawi lam | ||
Mongolian эмнэлгийн | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဆေးဘက်ဆိုင်ရာ | ||
Nepali चिकित्सा | ||
Norwegian medisinsk | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) zamankhwala | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଡାକ୍ତରୀ | ||
Oromo kan wal'aansaa | ||
Pashto طبي | ||
Persian پزشکی | ||
Polish medyczny | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) médico | ||
Punjabi ਮੈਡੀਕਲ | ||
Quechua hanpiq | ||
Romanian medical | ||
Russian медицинский | ||
Samoan fomaʻi | ||
Sanskrit चिकित्सीय | ||
Scots Gaelic meidigeach | ||
Sepedi ya dihlare | ||
Serbian медицински | ||
Sesotho bongaka | ||
Shona zvekurapa | ||
Sindhi طبي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) වෛද්ය | ||
Slovak lekárske | ||
Slovenian medicinski | ||
Somali caafimaad | ||
Spanish médico | ||
Sundanese médis | ||
Swahili matibabu | ||
Swedish medicinsk | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) medikal | ||
Tajik тиббӣ | ||
Tamil மருத்துவ | ||
Tatar медицина | ||
Telugu వైద్య | ||
Thai ทางการแพทย์ | ||
Tigrinya ሕክምና | ||
Tsonga vutshunguri | ||
Turkish tıbbi | ||
Turkmen lukmançylyk | ||
Twi (Akan) ayarehwɛ | ||
Ukrainian медичний | ||
Urdu طبی | ||
Uyghur medical | ||
Uzbek tibbiy | ||
Vietnamese y khoa | ||
Welsh meddygol | ||
Xhosa ezonyango | ||
Yiddish מעדיציניש | ||
Yoruba egbogi | ||
Zulu ezokwelapha |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "medies" is also similar to the Dutch word "mededogen" meaning compassion. |
| Amharic | The word 'የህክምና' is derived from the Proto-Ethio-Semitic root *ḥ-k-m, meaning 'to be wise' or 'to know'. |
| Arabic | The word "طبي" also means "natural" in Arabic. |
| Armenian | The word "բժշկական" (medical) is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰeǵʰ-, meaning "to heal" or "to protect." |
| Azerbaijani | "Tibbi" can also mean "natural" or "based on nature" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The word medikua comes from Latin medicus, meaning 'doctor' or 'healer'. |
| Belarusian | “Медыцынскі” comes from the Greek word “μέδι / medi”, which translates as “to heal, to cure.” |
| Bosnian | In Croatian, this word also refers to something that is medicinal. |
| Bulgarian | The word "медицински" is derived from the Old Church Slavonic word "медицина," which in turn comes from the Latin word "medicina," meaning "the art of healing." |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "mèdic" derives from the Latin "medicus", which also meant "physician" in a more general sense. |
| Cebuano | Medikal (medical) comes from the Spanish word "médico", which also means "doctor". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word "医疗" can also mean "medical care" or "healthcare". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 醫療 in Chinese literally means "treat the wounds"} |
| Corsican | In Corsican, 'medicale' means 'medical' but can also refer to the medical faculty of a university |
| Croatian | "Medicinski" also means "of the Medes". |
| Czech | The word "lékařský" can also mean "scholarly" or "academic". |
| Danish | The word "medicinsk" can also be used to refer to something that is related to medicine or healthcare. |
| Dutch | Medisch, meaning "medical," originated from the root word "mederi," meaning "to heal" or "to cure." |
| Esperanto | The word 'medicina' in Esperanto holds the same meaning as the English word 'medicine' but it can also be translated as 'drug' or 'pharmaceutical'. |
| Estonian | Meditsiiniline (medical) originates from the Latin word "medicina", meaning "the art of healing". |
| Finnish | "Lääketieteellinen" comes from the word "lääke" (medicine), which derives from "lähde" (source) and "keho" (body), implying a substance from nature that helps the body. |
| French | The French word « médical » comes from the Latin "medicinalis", referring to a substance that has healing powers and can potentially be administered or applied to treat medical ailments. |
| Frisian | It is thought to originate from the Old Frisian word "medek", meaning "to heal". |
| Galician | The word "médica" in Galician can also refer to a female physician, as opposed to a male physician, who would be called "médico". |
| German | The word "Medizin" originates from the Middle Latin "medicina" via Old French, and refers to the teachings of healing and the healing art. |
| Greek | The word |
| Gujarati | In Gujarati, the word "તબીબી" has a unique etymology, derived from the Persian word "tabīb" meaning "physician". |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "medikal" can also refer to spiritual healing or traditional medicine practices. |
| Hausa | The word Likita can also refer to an individual who practices medicine or a medical professional. |
| Hawaiian | (1) Of or relating to a physician, surgery, an instrument, or a remedy; medical. |
| Hebrew | רְפוּאִי also means "healing," both figuratively and literally. |
| Hindi | The word "मेडिकल" is derived from the Latin word "medicus", meaning "healer" or "physician". |
| Hmong | In Hmong, 'kev kho mob' can also mean 'treatment of the sick' or 'curative measures', emphasizing the broader scope of medical attention. |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, "orvosi" not only means "medical" but also "pertaining to medicine". |
| Icelandic | The term "læknisfræðilegt" can also refer to the scientific discipline of medicine, or to the practice of medicine. |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, "medis" can also refer to traditional or alternative medicine, or to the medical field in general. |
| Irish | In Irish folklore, the “leighis” were physicians who used both knowledge and magic to heal the sick. |
| Italian | The Italian word "medico" (medical) derives from the Latin word "medicus" (physician), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root "*med-" (to heal). |
| Japanese | 医療 can also mean "medical treatment" or "healthcare system". |
| Javanese | The word 'medis' in Javanese also has the alternate meaning of 'clean' or 'hygienic'. |
| Kannada | The word 'ವೈದ್ಯಕೀಯ' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'वैद्य' meaning 'healer', and refers to the science of healing. |
| Kazakh | The word also means relating to honey in Kazakh. |
| Korean | The word 의료 (medical) derives from the Chinese character 醫 (medicine) and 료 (treatment), and can also refer to the field of healthcare. |
| Kurdish | The word "pizişkî" comes from the Persian word "pezeshk" which means "doctor". It can also refer to the field of medicine, or the practice of healing. |
| Kyrgyz | The word «медициналык» can refer to medicines in pill or ointment form, but not injections. |
| Latin | The word |
| Latvian | The word "medicīniska" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *med- meaning "to measure" and "to heal". |
| Lithuanian | It derives from the Latin "medicinalis", meaning both "medical" and "pertaining to honey." |
| Macedonian | The word "медицински" is derived from the Greek word "μεδικίνη", meaning "medicine" or "healing art". |
| Malagasy | The word FITSABOANA originates from the French word 'médecine', derived from the Latin 'medicina'. |
| Malay | Perubatan relates to "to rub" in Old Malay, thus referring to traditional herbal treatments. |
| Malayalam | The word 'മെഡിക്കൽ' is derived from the Latin word 'medicus', meaning 'physician' or 'healer'. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "mediku" can also refer to someone who performs traditional music and healing rituals. |
| Maori | The word "hauora" in Maori also means "wellness" and "prosperity." |
| Marathi | वैद्यकीय ( Vaidyakīya ) traces its root to the word 'Vaidya,' who in the Indian context typically refers to practitioners practicing Ayurveda |
| Nepali | The word 'चिकित्सा' can also mean 'healing' or 'cure'. |
| Norwegian | The word "medisinsk" comes from the same root as medicine; this root refers to remedies. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "zamankhwala" originates from the word "mankhwala" meaning "medicine" and the prefix "za" meaning "related to". |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "طبي" ultimately derives from Greek, where it meant 'physician', but is now also commonly understood to mean 'medicine.' |
| Persian | The Persian word "پزشکی" (medical) ultimately derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *med- ('measure, know'), referring to the act of examining and understanding a patient's health. |
| Polish | Medyczny, a Polish word, comes from the Latin word "medicus" meaning "physician" or "healer". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word 'médico' derives from the Latin 'medicus', meaning 'one who heals', and can also refer to a physician or doctor. |
| Romanian | Cuvântul românesc "medical" provine din termenul latin mederi, adică "a vindeca". |
| Russian | The Russian word "медицинский" is derived from the Latin word "medicus", which means "physician". |
| Samoan | The word "fomaʻi" is also commonly used in Samoan to refer to medicine or medication. |
| Scots Gaelic | Meidigeach (medical) in Scots Gaelic derives from the Old Irish word 'medich', meaning someone who uses incantations or spells to heal. |
| Serbian | In the context of medicine, "медицински" also refers to medicinal plants, their properties, and medical preparations made from them. |
| Sesotho | 'Bongaka' can also refer to a general practitioner or a doctor with a specialized field. |
| Shona | The word "zvekurapa" in Shona can also refer to traditional medicine or healing practices. |
| Sindhi | "طبي" also means "physician" in Sindhi. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "වෛද්ය" (medical) in Sinhala (Sinhalese) is derived from the Sanskrit word "वैद्य" (vaidya), meaning "healer" or "physician." |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "lekárske" derives from the Proto-Slavic word *lěkъ, meaning "medicine" or "remedy". |
| Slovenian | The word 'medicinski' is derived from the Latin word 'medicus', meaning 'physician' or 'healer'. |
| Somali | The term "caafimaad" is derived from the Arabic word "siha", meaning "health" or "well-being". |
| Spanish | The word "médico" comes from the Latin word "medicus", meaning "a physician" or "a healer". |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "médis" comes from the Sanskrit word "vidya", which means "knowledge". |
| Swahili | The word "matibabu" in Swahili derives from the Arabic word "tabib" meaning "healer". |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "medicinsk" derives from the Latin word "medicus", which means "doctor". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In Tagalog, "medikal" can also refer to traditional or non-Western medical practices and is sometimes used as a modifier for objects related to healthcare, such as "medikal na kagamitan" (medical equipment). |
| Tajik | The word "тиббӣ" (medical) in Tajik comes from the Arabic word "ṭibb" (medicine) |
| Tamil | The word "மருத்துவ" in Tamil originated from the Sanskrit word "मरुत," meaning "wind" or "breath," as in Ayurveda, where balance and flow of energies are key to wellness. |
| Telugu | The word "వైద్య" in Telugu can also refer to "a person who has studied the medical professions" |
| Thai | The word "ทางการแพทย์" (medical) in Thai derives from Sanskrit, where it meant "learned" or "related to science". |
| Turkish | "tıbbi" kelimesi "tıp" anlamına gelen ve "hekim" anlamına gelen "tabip" kelimesiyle ilişkili olan Arapça "ṭibb" kelimesinden türemiştir. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word |
| Urdu | "طبی" can also refer to "medical treatment" or "a doctor's prescription" in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | "Tibbiy" originates from Arabic "tibb" and also means "medicine, healthcare" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | "Y khoa" shares its etymology with the Chinese word "yi (医)", meaning "doctor" or "physician". |
| Welsh | The word `meddygol` also implies `physical` or `bodily`, as opposed to `meddygawl` which is `spiritual` or `moral`. |
| Xhosa | The word 'ezonyango' is thought to derive from the Zulu word 'izonyango', which means 'medicines'. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "מעדיציניש" is derived from the German word "medizinisch" and refers to not only medical matters but also to medical practitioners and treatment. |
| Yoruba | Egbogi, meaning "medical" in Yoruba, also signifies the healing power of plants and traditional practices. |
| Zulu | Ezokwelapha is derived from the Zulu words ezo (things) and kwelapha (to heal). |
| English | Medical is derived from the Latin word mederi, meaning "to heal". |