Pharmacy & Health

1. باش ئاغرىقى دورىسى بارمۇ؟

   Bash aghriqi dörisi barmu?

   Do you have headache medicine?

   Usage

   Ask for headache medicine at a pharmacy

   Grammar Note

   "Barmu?" is the Uyghur question "is there?", shared across Turkic languages

2. مەن ئاشقازان دورىسىغا موھتاج

   Men ashqazan dörisigha mohtaj

   I need stomach medicine

   Usage

   Use when you need stomach medicine

   Grammar Note

   "Mohtaj" is an Arabic loanword meaning "to need". Uyghur has many Arabic and Persian borrowings

3. مەن ئىچ سۈرۈشكە قارشى دورىغا موھتاج

   Men ich sürüshke qarshi dörigha mohtaj

   I need anti-diarrhea medicine

   Usage

   Ask for anti-diarrhea medicine

   Grammar Note

   ich sürüsh means diarrhea. X-ga qarshi dora, dative noun + qarshi + dora, means medicine against X, as in bürgige qarshi dora, medicine against fleas. Before mohtaj, dora takes dative dörigha. Written forms: ئىچ سۈرۈش؛ گە قارشى دورا؛ بۈرگىگە قارشى دورا؛ موھتاج؛ دورىغا

4. مەندە قىزىتما بار

   Mende qizitma bar

   I have a fever

   Usage

   Tell the pharmacist you have a fever

   Grammar Note

   "Qizitma" is the noun for fever. "Mende … bar" means "I have …"

5. مەندە ئالەرگىيە بار

   Mende allergiye bar

   I have an allergy

   Usage

   Inform the pharmacist about your allergy

   Grammar Note

   "Allergiye" is borrowed from Russian, widely used across Central Asia

6. مەن يارا يوپۇشتۇرغۇچقا موھتاج

   Men yara yopushturghuchqa mohtaj

   I need bandages/plasters

   Usage

   Ask for bandages or plasters at a pharmacy

   Grammar Note

   "Yopushturghuch" means "something to stick/apply". Derived from "yopushturmaq" (to stick)

7. مەن ھاشەرەتتىن ساقلىنىش سىۋىقىغا موھتاج

   Men hasheret'tin saqlinish siwiqigha mohtaj

   I need insect repellent

   Usage

   Ask for insect repellent at a pharmacy

   Grammar Note

   "Hasheret" is an Arabic loanword for insect. Uyghur natural/medical vocabulary has many Arabic borrowings

8. مەن قۇياش كرېمىغا موھتاج

   Men quyash kremigha mohtaj

   I need sunscreen

   Usage

   Ask for sunscreen at a pharmacy

   Grammar Note

   "Quyash krem" = "sun cream". "Krem" is a Russian loanword

9. بۇ دورىنى قانداق ئىچىش كېرەك؟

   Bu dörini qandaq ichish kerek?

   How do I take this medicine?

   Usage

   Ask the pharmacist how to take the medicine

   Grammar Note

   "Qandaq" is the Uyghur adverb "how", cognate with Uzbek/Kazakh "qanday"

10. رېسىپت زۆرۈرمۇ؟

    Résipet zörürmu?

    Do I need a prescription?

    Usage

    Check if a prescription is needed

    Grammar Note

    "Résipet" is from Russian. "Zörürmu?" adds the question particle to "zörür" (necessary)

11. دورىخانا

    Dorixana

    Pharmacy

    Usage

    Show it to a driver or passer-by as a destination; "دورا" (medicine) + "خانا" (place)

12. رېتسېپ

    Rétsép

    Prescription

    Usage

    The prescription slip itself — ask a doctor to write one, or hand it over at the counter

13. ھارارەت ئۆلچىگۈچ

    Hararet ölchigüch

    Thermometer

    Usage

    Point at this to buy a thermometer; literally "temperature measurer"

14. تېڭىق

    Téngiq

    Bandage

    Usage

    For roll bandages, as opposed to sticking plasters (يوپۇشتۇرغۇچ)

15. زەھەرسىزلەندۈرگۈچ

    Zehersizlendürgüch

    Disinfectant

    Usage

    For antiseptic to clean a wound; literally "the thing that removes poison"

16. ماسكا

    Maska

    Face mask

    Usage

    For buying disposable masks — also needed against dust storms in Xinjiang

17. گىگىيېنىك ياستۇقچە

    Gigiyénik yastuqche

    Sanitary pad

    Usage

    Point at it in a pharmacy or shop — useful exactly when you would rather not say it aloud

18. پرېزېرۋاتىپ

    Prézérwatip

    Condom

    Usage

    Point at it at a pharmacy; a Russian loanword shared across Central Asia

19. كۆز دورىسى

    Köz dorisi

    Eye drops

    Usage

    Ask for this at a pharmacy when dry air or blown sand has irritated your eyes

20. چاپلىما دورا

    Chaplima dora

    Medicated patch

    Usage

    For a stick-on patch for sore muscles or bruises; literally "sticking medicine"

21. قىزىتما چۈشۈرگۈچ دورا

    Qizitma chüshürgüch dora

    Fever reducer

    Usage

    Ask for this to bring a fever down; literally "fever-lowering medicine"

22. مەن قەۋزىيەت دورىسىغا موھتاج

    Men qewziyet dörisigha mohtaj

    I need a laxative

    Usage

    Ask for a laxative at a pharmacy when constipated

    Grammar Note

    "… dörisigha mohtaj" is the pattern "I need medicine for …". "qewziyet" (constipation) names the condition, and the dative "-gha" marks what is needed.

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