דאָקטאָר

From various contact languages such as German Doktor, Polish doktor, Ukrainian and Russian до́ктор (dóktor), all from Latin doctor (“teacher”), from doceō (“I teach”). Doublet of דאָקטער (dokter).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔktɔʁ/

דאָקטאָר • (doktor) m, plural דאָקטאָרן (doktorn), feminine דאָקטאָרין (doktorin) or דאָקטאָרשע (doktorshe)

1. doctor (holder of a Ph.D.)

• There are three different attested ways to express female doctors from this particular root: דאָקטאָרין (doktorin), דאָקטאָרשע (doktorshe), and דאָקטאָרקע (doktorke).

• אויגן־דאָקטאָר (oygn-doktor, “eye doctor, ophthalmologist”)