طبی

See also: طبي and ظبي

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طِبِّيّ (ṭibbiyy). By surface analysis, طب (tıbb, “medicine”) +‎ ـی (-î, nisba suffix).

Adjective

طبی • (tıbbî)

1. medical

Related terms

• طب (tıbb)

Descendants

• Turkish: tıbbi

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طِبِّيّ (ṭibbiyy). By surface analysis, طب (tebb, “medicine”) +‎ ـی (-i, suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /tib.ˈbiː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɪb.bíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɪb.bíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɪb.bíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰib.bí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰeb.bíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰib.bí]

Readings
Classical reading?	tibbī
Dari reading?	tibbī
Iranian reading?	tebbi
Tajik reading?	tibbi

Adjective

Dari	طبی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	тиббӣ

طبی • (tebbi)

1. medical

Related terms

• طب (tebb)

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طِبِّيّ (ṭibbiyy). By surface analysis, طِبّ (t̤ibb, “medicine”) +‎ ـی (-ī).

Adjective

طِبّی • (t̤ibbī) (Gurmukhi spelling ਤਿੱਬੀ)

1. medical

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “طِبّی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طِبِّيّ (ṭibbiyy). By surface analysis, طِبّ (tibb, “medicine”) +‎ ـی (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ɪb.biː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Adjective

طِبّی • (tibbī) (Hindi spelling तिब्बी)

1. medical

Further reading

• “طبی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.