Pharmacy & Health

1. کیا آپ کے پاس سر درد کی دوا ہے؟

   Kyā āp ke pās sar dard kī davā hai?

   Do you have headache medicine?

   Usage

   Ask for headache medicine at a pharmacy in Pakistan

   Grammar Note

   Urdu uses Nastaliq Arabic script (RTL). "Āp" is the formal/polite second-person pronoun

2. مجھے پیٹ کی دوا چاہیے

   Mujhe peṭ kī davā cāhiye

   I need stomach medicine

   Usage

   Use when you need stomach medicine

   Grammar Note

   "Mujhe cāhiye" is a dative construction meaning "I need"; "peṭ kī davā" is "medicine for the stomach/belly"

3. مجھے دست کی دوا چاہیے

   Mujhe dast kī davā cāhiye

   I need anti-diarrhea medicine

   Usage

   Ask for anti-diarrhea medicine

   Grammar Note

   "Dast" is a Persian-derived word for diarrhea. Urdu has many Persian/Arabic loanwords

4. مجھے بخار ہے

   Mujhe bukhār hai

   I have a fever

   Usage

   Tell the pharmacist you have a fever

   Grammar Note

   "Bukhār" is an Arabic-derived word meaning "vapor/fever". Used across South Asia

5. مجھے الرجی ہے

   Mujhe alarjī hai

   I have an allergy

   Usage

   Inform the pharmacist about your allergy

   Grammar Note

   "Alarjī" is borrowed from English "allergy"

6. مجھے پٹی چاہیے

   Mujhe paṭṭī cāhiye

   I need bandages/plasters

   Usage

   Ask for bandages or plasters at a pharmacy

   Grammar Note

   "Paṭṭī" is the common word for bandage/plaster in South Asia

7. مجھے کیڑوں سے بچانے والا سپرے چاہیے

   Mujhe kīṛon se bacāne vālā spray cāhiye

   I need insect repellent

   Usage

   Ask for insect repellent at a pharmacy

   Grammar Note

   "Bacāne vālā" is an Urdu participial construction meaning "the one that protects from"

8. مجھے سن اسکرین چاہیے

   Mujhe san iskarīn cāhiye

   I need sunscreen

   Usage

   Ask for sunscreen at a pharmacy

   Grammar Note

   "San iskarīn" is borrowed from English "sunscreen"

9. یہ دوا کیسے لینی ہے؟

   Yeh davā kaise lenī hai?

   How do I take this medicine?

   Usage

   Ask the pharmacist how to take the medicine

   Grammar Note

   "Kaise" is the Urdu/Hindi adverb "how", shared between the two closely related languages

10. کیا نسخے کی ضرورت ہے؟

    Kyā nuskhe kī zarūrat hai?

    Do I need a prescription?

    Usage

    Check if a prescription is needed

    Grammar Note

    "Nuskha" is Arabic-derived meaning "prescription/copy". "Zarūrat" means "necessity"

11. نسخہ

    nus-kha

    Prescription

    Usage

    The doctor's written prescription itself; point at the paper when showing it at a pharmacy

12. میڈیکل اسٹور

    me-di-kal is-tor

    Pharmacy

    Usage

    The usual word for a pharmacy in Pakistan; shopfronts are signed "MEDICAL STORE" in English

13. تھرمامیٹر

    thar-ma-mi-tar

    Thermometer

    Usage

    Point to this when buying one at a pharmacy; the English loan is the standard word

14. پٹی

    pat-ti

    Bandage

    Usage

    Roll bandage or gauze; an adhesive plaster is "bandage" or "plaster" from English

15. جراثیم کش محلول

    ja-ra-sim kush mah-lul

    Antiseptic solution

    Usage

    Antiseptic for wounds; "antiseptic" in English also works at any pharmacy

16. ماسک

    mask

    Face mask

    Usage

    Disposable face mask; sold at pharmacies and street stalls in the heavily polluted cities

17. سینیٹری پیڈ

    si-ni-ta-ri paid

    Sanitary pad

    Usage

    Point to buy at a pharmacy; usually kept behind the counter and handed over in a black bag

18. کنڈوم

    kan-dom

    Condom

    Usage

    Stocked at pharmacies; this card exists so you can point instead of saying it aloud

19. آنکھوں کے قطرے

    an-khon ke qat-re

    Eye drops

    Usage

    Ask for these at a pharmacy; the English "eye drops" is equally understood

20. درد کا بام

    dard ka bam

    Pain-relief balm

    Usage

    Japanese-style adhesive pain patches are rarely sold in Pakistan; a rub-on balm is what you buy for shoulder or back pain

21. بخار کی دوا

    bu-khar ki da-wa

    Fever medicine

    Usage

    For asking for an antipyretic; in Pakistan "Panadol" is used almost as a generic term

22. مجھے قبض کی دوا چاہیے

    Mujhe qabz kī davā cāhiye

    A laxative, please

    Usage

    Ask for a laxative at a pharmacy

    Grammar Note

    The "mujhe + symptom + ki dava chahiye" frame (e.g. "mujhe dast ki dava chahiye" = I need diarrhea medicine). "Qabz ki dava" means "medicine for constipation"

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