How do you say "medicine" in Moroccan Arabic?

In Darija (Moroccan Arabic), "medicine" is "dwa" (دوا), pronounced /DWA/.

How do you say "medicine (study)" in Moroccan Arabic?

In Darija (Moroccan Arabic), "medicine (study)" is "tibb" (طبّ), pronounced /TIBB/.

How do you say "medicine reaction" in Moroccan Arabic?

In Darija (Moroccan Arabic), "medicine reaction" is "rah dayer liya ddwa rdda d f3l" (راه داير ليا الدوا ردّة فعل), pronounced /RAH DAYER LIYA DDWA RDDA D F3L/.

How do you say "I need medicine" in Moroccan Arabic?

In Darija (Moroccan Arabic), "I need medicine" is "khasni dwa" (خاصني دوا), pronounced /khas-NI DWA/.

How do you say "where to buy medicine?" in Moroccan Arabic?

In Darija (Moroccan Arabic), "where to buy medicine?" is "fin nqdr nshri dwa?" (فين نقدر نشري دوا؟), pronounced /fin NQ-dr n-SHRI DWA/.

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How to say "Medicine" in Moroccan Arabic

In Darija, "medicine" is dwa (دوا), pronounced /DWA/.

20 words

دواdwa/DWA/

medicine

طبّtibb/TIBB/

medicine (study)

راه داير ليا الدوا ردّة فعلrah dayer liya ddwa rdda d f3l/RAH DAYER LIYA DDWA RDDA D F3L/

medicine reaction

خاصني دواkhasni dwa/khas-NI DWA/

I need medicine

فين نقدر نشري دوا؟fin nqdr nshri dwa?/fin NQ-dr n-SHRI DWA/

where to buy medicine?

دوا ديال السكارdwa dyal ssukkar/DWA dyal s-SK-kar/

diabetes medicine

دوا ديال الحساسيةdwa dyal l7ssasiya/DWA dyal l 7sa-SI-ya/

allergy medicine

دوا ديال البردdwa dyal lbrd/DWA dyal l-BRD/

cold medicine

دوا ديال الكرحةdwa dyal kkr7a/DWA dyal kk-R7A/

stomach medicine

دوا بالأوردونانسdwa b l ordonnance/DWA b l or-do-NANS/

prescription medicine

دوا بلا أوردونانسdwa bla ordonnance/DWA bla or-do-NANS/

OTC medicine

كلّيت الدواkllit ddwa/kl-LIT d-DWA/

took medicine

دوا ديال الصداعdwa dyal ssda3/DWA dyal s-SDA3/

headache medicine

دوا ديال الحمّىdwa dyal l7mma/DWA dyal l-7M-ma/

fever medicine

دوا ديال الكحّةdwa dyal l kuh7a/DWA dyal l-KUH-7a/

cough medicine

دوا ديال البطنdwa dyal l bttn/DWA dyal l-BTN/

stomach medicine

دوا ديال السكّرdwa dyal ssukkr/DWA dyal s-SUKKR/

diabetes medicine

خصّني دوا ديال الربوkhasni dwa dyal rrbw/khas-SNI DWA dyal r-RBW/

need asthma medicine

خصّني دوا بلا أوردونونسkhasni dwa bla ordonnance/khas-SNI DWA bla or-do-NONS/

need OTC medicine

خصّني نشري دواkhasni nshri dwa/KHASNI NSHRI DWA/

I need buy medicine

3 phrases

واش هاد الدوا بلا أوردونونس؟

Wash had dwa bla ordonnance?

/wash had DWA bla or-do-NONS/

Medicine no prescription?

Sans ordonnance?

خصّني دوا ديال الأليرجي

Khasni dwa d les allergies

/khas-SNI DWA d l a-lir-JI/

Allergy medicine

Anti-allergique

فين يمكن نشري دوا بلا أوردونونس؟

Fin ymkn nshri dwa bla ordonnance?

/fin YM-kn n-SHRI DWA bla or-do-NONS/

Buy medicine no prescription?

Médicament sans ordonnance?

About this word in Darija

In Darija, "medicine" is dwa (دوا), pronounced /DWA/.

Darija (الدارجة) is Moroccan Arabic — the everyday spoken language of 40 million Moroccans. Unlike Modern Standard Arabic, it's rarely written down and draws heavily on French, Spanish, and Amazigh vocabulary. Learning how to say “medicine” the way Moroccans actually say it — with the right pronunciation, register, and cultural context — is the difference between sounding like a textbook and sounding like you belong.

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