Physician in Different Languages
Discover 'Physician' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Physician
Afrikaans geneesheer | ||
Albanian mjek | ||
Amharic ሐኪም | ||
Arabic الطبيب المعالج | ||
Armenian բժիշկ | ||
Assamese চিকিৎসক | ||
Aymara qulliri | ||
Azerbaijani həkim | ||
Bambara dɔgɔtɔrɔ | ||
Basque sendagilea | ||
Belarusian урач | ||
Bengali চিকিত্সক | ||
Bhojpuri चिकित्सक के ह | ||
Bosnian ljekar | ||
Bulgarian лекар | ||
Catalan metge | ||
Cebuano doktor | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 医师 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 醫師 | ||
Corsican medicu | ||
Croatian liječnik | ||
Czech lékař | ||
Danish læge | ||
Dhivehi ފިޒިޝަން އެވެ | ||
Dogri वैद्य जी | ||
Dutch arts | ||
English physician | ||
Esperanto kuracisto | ||
Estonian arst | ||
Ewe atikewɔla | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) manggagamot | ||
Finnish lääkäri | ||
French médecin | ||
Frisian dokter | ||
Galician médico | ||
Georgian ექიმი | ||
German arzt | ||
Greek γιατρός | ||
Guarani pohanohára | ||
Gujarati ચિકિત્સક | ||
Haitian Creole doktè | ||
Hausa likita | ||
Hawaiian kauka | ||
Hebrew רוֹפֵא | ||
Hindi चिकित्सक | ||
Hmong tus kws kho mob | ||
Hungarian orvos | ||
Icelandic læknir | ||
Igbo dibia | ||
Ilocano mangngagas | ||
Indonesian dokter | ||
Irish lia | ||
Italian medico | ||
Japanese 医師 | ||
Javanese dhokter | ||
Kannada ವೈದ್ಯ | ||
Kazakh дәрігер | ||
Khmer គ្រូពេទ្យ | ||
Kinyarwanda umuganga | ||
Konkani वैज अशें म्हण्टात | ||
Korean 내과 의사 | ||
Krio dɔktɔ we de mɛn pipul dɛn | ||
Kurdish bijîşk | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) پزیشک | ||
Kyrgyz дарыгер | ||
Lao ແພດ | ||
Latin medicus | ||
Latvian ārsts | ||
Lingala monganga | ||
Lithuanian gydytojas | ||
Luganda omusawo | ||
Luxembourgish dokter | ||
Macedonian лекар | ||
Maithili चिकित्सक | ||
Malagasy mpitsabo | ||
Malay pakar perubatan | ||
Malayalam വൈദ്യൻ | ||
Maltese tabib | ||
Maori rata | ||
Marathi वैद्य | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯐꯤꯖꯤꯁꯤꯌꯟ ꯑꯃꯥ ꯑꯣꯏꯅꯥ ꯊꯕꯛ ꯇꯧꯔꯤ꯫ | ||
Mizo damdawi lam thiam | ||
Mongolian эмч | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဆရာဝန် | ||
Nepali चिकित्सक | ||
Norwegian lege | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) dokotala | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଚିକିତ୍ସକ | ||
Oromo ogeessa fayyaa | ||
Pashto معالج | ||
Persian پزشک | ||
Polish lekarz | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) médico | ||
Punjabi ਵੈਦ | ||
Quechua hampiq | ||
Romanian medic | ||
Russian врач | ||
Samoan fomaʻi | ||
Sanskrit वैद्यः | ||
Scots Gaelic lighiche | ||
Sepedi ngaka ya ngaka | ||
Serbian лекар | ||
Sesotho ngaka | ||
Shona chiremba | ||
Sindhi طبيب | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) වෛද්යවරයා | ||
Slovak lekár | ||
Slovenian zdravnik | ||
Somali dhakhtar | ||
Spanish médico | ||
Sundanese dokter | ||
Swahili daktari | ||
Swedish läkare | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) manggagamot | ||
Tajik табиб | ||
Tamil மருத்துவர் | ||
Tatar табиб | ||
Telugu వైద్యుడు | ||
Thai แพทย์ | ||
Tigrinya ሓኪም | ||
Tsonga dokodela | ||
Turkish doktor | ||
Turkmen lukman | ||
Twi (Akan) oduruyɛfo | ||
Ukrainian лікар | ||
Urdu معالج | ||
Uyghur دوختۇر | ||
Uzbek shifokor | ||
Vietnamese bác sĩ | ||
Welsh meddyg | ||
Xhosa ugqirha | ||
Yiddish דאָקטער | ||
Yoruba oniwosan | ||
Zulu udokotela |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "geneesheer" originates from Middle Dutch "genesere", which meant "healer", ultimately coming from the Greek word "genesthai", meaning "to heal or to cure". |
| Albanian | Albanian 'mjek' derives from Proto-Albanian *mēdikó- (< Vulgar Latin medicus) and has cognates in Slavic as well as Romanian and Greek. |
| Amharic | "Hakim" also refers to a learned person, a scholar, or a wise man, and derives from the Arabic word "hakim," meaning "one who has knowledge or wisdom." |
| Arabic | The word الطبيب المعالج (physician) is derived from the Arabic root word كتب (to write), and originally referred to someone who had mastered the art of writing. |
| Armenian | The word "բժիշկ" (physician) is derived from the Old Armenian word "բժիշկ" (healer), which is in turn derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰeǵʰ-, meaning "to heal". |
| Azerbaijani | "Həkim" is both an Arabic and Persian loanword meaning "sage" or "scholar" in addition to its medical definition. |
| Basque | The word 'sendagilea' (physician) in Basque comes from 'sendatu' (to heal) and the suffix '-gile' (one who does). |
| Belarusian | The word "урач" originally meant "bloodletter" |
| Bengali | "চিকিত্সক" is derived from the Sanskrit word "cikitsaka", which means "healer". |
| Bosnian | The word "ljekar" derives from the Persian word "lekar" meaning "helper" or "healer" |
| Bulgarian | The word "лекар" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "*lěkarь", which originally meant "healer" or "sorcerer". |
| Catalan | The Catalan word «metge» (physician) comes from the Egyptian language, where it meant «seer» or «wise man». |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "doktor" is derived from the Spanish word "doctor", which can also refer to a person who holds a doctorate degree in any field. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 医师 can also be used to refer to a doctor of Chinese medicine or a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 醫師 (traditional Chinese) is a term that can refer to either a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine or a medical doctor. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "medicu" can also refer to a sorcerer or a wise man. |
| Croatian | The word "liječnik" derives from the Proto-Slavic word "lěkari", meaning "healer". |
| Czech | The word "lékař" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *lěkari, meaning "healer." |
| Danish | The word "læge" is derived from the Old Norse word "læknir", which means "healer" or "mender". |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "arts" is derived from the Latin word "ars" meaning "art, skill, knowledge" and can also refer to various medical practitioners, such as dentists, chiropractors, and veterinarians. |
| Esperanto | 'Kuracisto' comes from the root word 'kuraci', which can also mean 'care' or 'treatment.' |
| Estonian | The word "arst" is derived from the Proto-Finnic word *läkäri, which also means "healer". |
| Finnish | "Lääkäri" is derived from the Proto-Finnic word "*läkäj" meaning "healer" or "shaman". In modern Finnish, the word can also refer to a veterinarian or a dentist. |
| French | The word “médecin” derives from the Latin word “medicus”, which also meant “healer”, but with a specialization in pharmaceuticals. |
| Frisian | The word "dokter" in Frisian has cognates in multiple Germanic languages, including "doctor" in English and "dokter" in Dutch. |
| Galician | The Galician word «médico» is derived from the Latin word «medicus», meaning «healer». |
| Georgian | 'ექიმი' is derived from the Persian word 'hakim' meaning 'sage' or 'philosopher'. |
| German | The German word Arzt is related to the Latin term 'ars,' meaning 'skill' or 'art.' |
| Greek | The word "γιατρός" is derived from the Greek word "ἰατρός", meaning "healer" or "one who heals". |
| Gujarati | The word "ચિકિત્સક" (physician) is derived from the Sanskrit root "cikitsa", meaning "healing" or "medicine". |
| Haitian Creole | The word "doktè" in Haitian Creole comes from the French word "docteur", and can also mean "teacher" or "expert". |
| Hausa | The Hausa word 'likita' can also refer to a healer, medicine man, or diviner. |
| Hawaiian | The word "kauka" also means "expert" or "skillful person" in Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | The word "רופא" (physician) in Hebrew is derived from the root "רפא" (heal) and also means "healer" or "therapist". |
| Hindi | The word 'चिकित्सक' ultimately derives from Sanskrit and carries additional meanings such as 'healer' or 'therapist'. |
| Hmong | Tus kws kho mob literally means “one who uses needles to cure wounds” in Hmong. |
| Hungarian | The word “orvos” is derived from the Old Turkic word “örük”, meaning “shaman”. In the Hungarian language, the word still retains this meaning in some phrases, such as the expression “orvosolni a bajt”, which means “to heal the trouble”. |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word for 'physician', 'læknir', derives from 'lækna' meaning 'to heal'. |
| Igbo | The term "dibia" can also refer to a priest, medium, or diviner in Igbo tradition, showcasing the interconnectedness of medicine and spirituality in Igbo culture. |
| Indonesian | The word "dokter" in Indonesian comes from the Dutch word "doctor" and has a similar meaning in both languages. |
| Irish | The word "lia" in Irish likely derives from the Proto-Celtic root "*lijos", meaning "healer" or "curer". |
| Italian | In Italian, "medico" also refers to an herbalist who practices phytotherapy. |
| Japanese | 医師 originally meant "healer of diseases" before becoming a general term for physician. |
| Javanese | "Dhokter" originally meant "older brother" but over time has come to mean "physician" |
| Kannada | The word "ವೈದ್ಯ" (vaidya) in Kannada is derived from the Sanskrit word "vid", which means "knowledge" or "science." |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "дәрігер" derives from the Persian word "داروگر" (dârugar), originally meaning "one who heals with medicine." |
| Khmer | It is also known as វេជ្ជគិរី (physician), a compound word consisting of វេជ្ជ (medicine) + គិរី (mountain), possibly indicating that physicians in the past were associated with the treatment of diseases on mountaintops. |
| Korean | The word '내과 의사' (physician) is derived from the Korean words '내과' (internal medicine) and '의사' (doctor). |
| Kurdish | The word 'bijîşk' also means 'wise person' in Kurdish, reflecting the respect and trust placed in those who heal. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "дарыгер" is derived from the Persian word "dārugar", meaning "healer" or "one who knows medicine". |
| Lao | The word |
| Latin | The term 'medicus' derives from the Indo-European root 'med-' meaning 'to heal' and also relates to the Latin 'remedium' ('remedy'). |
| Latvian | The word "ārsts" is of Germanic origin and has a cognate in the English word "art" in the sense of "practical skill or expertise". |
| Lithuanian | The word "gydytojas" (physician) is derived from the Lithuanian verb "gydyti" (to heal), which is itself related to the Proto-Indo-European root "*gʰedh-" (to care for). |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "Dokter" also refers to a vet as well as someone who has earned a doctorate degree. |
| Macedonian | The word 'лекар' is derived from the Proto-Slavic word 'lěkari', meaning 'healer' or 'one who treats diseases'. |
| Malagasy | The term "mpitsabo" in Malagasy can also refer to traditional healers or spiritual mediums who practice folk medicine. |
| Malay | The word 'pakar perubatan' can also refer to a medical practitioner who is not a doctor, such as a nurse or pharmacist. |
| Malayalam | In addition to 'physician,' the Malayalam word 'വൈദ്യൻ' can also refer to people with healing knowledge or powers. |
| Maltese | The word "tabib" also means "cook" in Maltese, a meaning that comes from the Arabic "tabikh" ("cooking"). |
| Maori | Rata, meaning physician in Maori, also means ‘to heal, revive or cure’, ‘to make well’, and ‘to be in good health’. |
| Marathi | In Sanskrit, "vaidya" can mean "one who knows the Vedas" or "healer". |
| Mongolian | The word "эмч" derives from the Mongolian word " эмчилгээ" (healing), a process that requires knowledge and skill |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word ဆရာဝန် "physician" in Myanmar (Burmese) is derived from the Sanskrit word "acharya," and can also mean "teacher". |
| Nepali | "चिकित्सक" is a Sanskrit word that also means "healer" or "one who cares for the sick" in Hindi and other languages. |
| Norwegian | The word "lege" can also refer to a "layman" or "unordained person" in Norwegian. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "dokotala" shares its root with "dokotela" (doctor) and can also mean "pharmacist"} |
| Pashto | Pashto "معالج" also means "sorcerer, magician, shaman" |
| Persian | The word پزشک (physician) is derived from the Middle Persian word "pezishk, |
| Polish | The Polish term 'Lekarz' is etymologically related to the verbs 'leczyc' ('to treat' in the medical sense) and 'lekowac' ('to cure' or 'to medicate'). |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "médico" derives from the Latin word "medicus", which means "one who heals". |
| Punjabi | The word "ਵੈਦ" in Punjabi shares a common root with the Persian word "vaidh" and the Sanskrit word "bhishaj," all meaning "physician." |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "medic" can also refer to a person who studies or practices medicine. |
| Russian | The Russian word "врач" originally meant "liar", and was used to refer to sorcerers and folk healers, but its meaning shifted over time to refer to legitimate physicians. |
| Samoan | The word "fomaʻi" in Samoan, meaning "physician," is derived from the Polynesian root "foma" meaning "to heal" or "to restore health". |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "lighiche" comes from the Old Irish word "liaig", meaning "healer". |
| Serbian | The word "лекар" can also mean "healer" or "magician" |
| Sesotho | The word "ngaka" in Sesotho is also used as a general term for someone who has special knowledge or skills in a particular area, such as a healer or diviner. |
| Shona | In ancient times, 'chiremba' also referred to traditional healers and medicine men who provided herbal remedies for ailments. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "طبيب" (ṭabīb) is derived from the Arabic word "طبيب" (ṭabīb), which means "healer" or "doctor". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "වෛද්යවරයා" is derived from the Sanskrit word "vaidya", which means "one who knows" or "one who is skilled". |
| Slovak | "Lekár" is a Slovak word derived from an Old Church Slavonic term meaning "healer" or "herb gatherer". |
| Slovenian | The word 'zdravnik' in Slovene may come from 'znati' ('to know'), 'zdrava pamet' ('common sense') or 'Zdravko', the pagan god of medicine. |
| Somali | Dhakhtar is likely derived from the Sanskrit word 'daktar', meaning 'doctor'. |
| Spanish | "Médico" is a derivative of the Latin "medicus," meaning "one who heals." |
| Sundanese | "Dokter" comes from the Dutch word "doctor," which ultimately derives from Latin "docēre" (to teach). |
| Swahili | "Daktari" can refer to both a human physician and a skilled traditional healer in Swahili. |
| Swedish | The word "läkare" ultimately comes from the Old Norse word "læknir," which originally meant "healer" or "one who knows how to heal." |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word 'manggagamot' comes from the root word 'gamot', which means 'to heal' or 'to cure'. In the past, 'manggagamot' also referred to faith healers and spiritual practitioners. |
| Tajik | The term "табиб" in Tajik originates from the Arabic word "tabīb" which means "someone who heals" in its root sense and is related to the word "tabīʿa" meaning "nature". |
| Tamil | The word "மருத்துவர்" in Tamil can also refer to a sorcerer or a person who performs a ritual for removing evil spirits. |
| Telugu | The word "physician" can also refer to a teacher or a philosopher. |
| Thai | The word แพทย์ (physician) is derived from the Pali word 'bhesajja', meaning 'healer'. |
| Turkish | "Doktor" originates from the Greek word "didaskalos," meaning "teacher" and was used to refer to the teacher who taught students about medicine |
| Ukrainian | The word "лікар" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *lěkari, which also meant "healer" or "medicine man". |
| Urdu | In Urdu, "معالج" can also mean "healer" or "therapist". |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word “shifokor” is Persian in origin, derived from the Arabic word “shifa” (healing) and the Persian suffix “-kor” (doer). |
| Vietnamese | The word "bác sĩ" is also used as a respectful term of address for educated people, especially elders |
| Welsh | In Old Welsh 'meddyg' referred to magical healing and 'medd' (mead) may have been used for healing purposes. |
| Xhosa | The term "ugqirha" in Xhosa is synonymous with the concept of a traditional healer, encompassing both medicinal and spiritual practices. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "דאָקטער" (dokter) originates from the Middle High German word "doctor", meaning "teacher" or "scholar", and ultimately derives from the Latin word "docēre", meaning "to teach". |
| Yoruba | "Oniwosan" (Yoruba for "physician") also means "one who heals wounds". |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "udokotela" can also refer to a traditional healer or diviner. |
| English | The word 'physician' comes from the Greek word 'phusis', meaning 'nature', and refers to the natural power to heal. |