Pharmacy & Health

1. মূৰৰ বিষৰ ঔষধ আছেনে?

   Muror bixor ouxodh asene?

   Do you have headache medicine?

   Usage

   The basic pattern for asking a pharmacy for a remedy by symptom

   Grammar Note

   মূৰৰ বিষ is headache. 'Medicine for X' is built as X-ৰ ঔষধ, and আছেনে asks whether it exists

2. মোক পেটৰ ঔষধ লাগে

   Mok petor ouxodh lage

   I need stomach medicine

   Usage

   Asks for a remedy for an upset stomach

   Grammar Note

   মোক ... লাগে is the 'I need ...' pattern, with the needed thing in between. পেট is belly or stomach

3. মোক ডায়েৰিয়াৰ ঔষধ লাগে

   Mok dayeriyar ouxodh lage

   I need anti-diarrhea medicine

   Usage

   Asked at a pharmacy for diarrhoea; remember to drink plenty

   Grammar Note

   ডায়েৰিয়া is the English medical term as a loanword and is understood as the disease name. ডায়েৰিয়াৰ ঔষধ is 'medicine for diarrhoea'

4. মোৰ জ্বৰ উঠিছে

   Mor jwor uthise

   I have a fever

   Usage

   Tells a pharmacist or doctor that you have a fever

   Grammar Note

   জ্বৰ উঠা is 'fever rises'. উঠিছে is the perfect of উঠা 'rise'. Symptoms start with মোৰ 'my'

5. মোৰ এলাৰ্জি আছে

   Mor elarji ase

   I have an allergy

   Usage

   Say this before taking any medicine so the pharmacist knows

   Grammar Note

   মোৰ ... আছে is the possessive 'I have ...'. এলাৰ্জি is an English loanword; add what you are allergic to for clarity

6. মোক বেণ্ডেজ লাগে

   Mok bendej lage

   I need bandages

   Usage

   Buys dressings for a small wound

   Grammar Note

   বেণ্ডেজ is the English word bandage. It uses the need pattern মোক ... লাগে

7. এই ঔষধ কেনেকৈ খাব লাগে?

   Ei ouxodh kenekoi khab lage?

   How do I take this medicine?

   Usage

   Checks how to take the medicine when you receive it

   Grammar Note

   খাব লাগে is 'one must take'. Medicine also takes the verb খোৱা 'eat'. কেনেকৈ is 'how'

8. ডাক্তৰৰ প্ৰেছক্ৰিপচন লাগিবনে?

   Daktoror presokriposon lagibone?

   Do I need a prescription?

   Usage

   Asks before buying stronger medicine whether a prescription is needed

   Grammar Note

   প্ৰেছক্ৰিপচন writes the English prescription by sound. ডাক্তৰৰ is 'of the doctor'. লাগিবনে asks whether it is needed

9. ঔষধৰ দোকান

   Ouxodhor dokan

   Pharmacy

   Usage

   The word on pharmacy signs, and for asking where one is

   Grammar Note

   ঔষধৰ দোকান is 'medicine shop'. Add ক'ত আছে to ask where one is

10. থাৰ্মোমিটাৰ

    Tharmomitar

    Thermometer

    Usage

    To buy or borrow a thermometer when feverish

    Grammar Note

    An English loanword with few examples in text (3), so if it is not understood show by gesture that it is for taking a temperature

11. বেণ্ডেজ

    Bendej

    Bandage

    Usage

    The single word for a bandage at a pharmacy or clinic

    Grammar Note

    An English loanword listed in the dictionary, used when dressing a wound

12. এণ্টিছেপ্টিক

    Entiseptik

    Antiseptic

    Usage

    Asks for something to disinfect a cut

    Grammar Note

    An English loanword with few examples in text (4). If it is not understood, point to the wound and ask for ঔষধ

13. মাস্ক

    Maxko

    Face mask

    Usage

    The word for buying a face mask at a pharmacy

    Grammar Note

    An English loanword now widely understood. মাস্ক দিয়ক means 'please give me a mask'

14. চকুৰ ড্ৰপ

    Sokur drop

    Eye drops

    Usage

    Asks a pharmacy for something for irritated eyes

    Grammar Note

    ড্ৰপ is the English drop. চকুৰ is 'of the eye' with the genitive ৰ

15. বিষৰ মলম

    Bixor molom

    Pain relief ointment

    Usage

    Asks for a rub-on remedy for muscle or joint pain

    Grammar Note

    মলম means ointment or balm and is in the dictionary. বিষৰ মলম is 'ointment for pain'

16. জ্বৰৰ ঔষধ

    Jworor ouxodh

    Fever medicine

    Usage

    Asks a pharmacy for medicine when you have a fever

    Grammar Note

    জ্বৰৰ ঔষধ is 'medicine for fever'. The genitive ৰ on a symptom word works for any remedy

17. মোক কোষ্ঠকাঠিন্যৰ ঔষধ দিয়ক

    Mok kosthokathinyor ouxodh diyok

    A laxative, please

    Usage

    Asking for a laxative at a pharmacy; it replaces "লাগে" in "মোক ডায়েৰিয়াৰ ঔষধ লাগে" with the polite request "দিয়ক"

    Grammar Note

    "-ক" marks a polite imperative request. "কোষ্ঠকাঠিন্যৰ ঔষধ" is "medicine for constipation" (genitive -ৰ). A sentence built by the regular pattern

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