orvos

See also: örvös

Hungarian

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Finno-Ugric *arpa (“soothsaying instrument, magic instrument, potion”) + -os (noun-forming suffix indicating occupation).[1][2][3] The Finno-Ugric words may have Turkish relations. Compare Ottoman Turkish آغری‎ (ağrı, “pain, ache”).[4]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈorvoʃ]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: or‧vos
  • Rhymes: -oʃ

Noun

orvos (plural orvosok)

  1. doctor, physician
    Synonyms: doktor, (informal) doki
  2. (figuratively) healer, remedy
    Synonym: orvosság
    A legjobb orvos az idő. ― Time is the best healer.

Declension

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Possessive forms of orvos
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. orvosom orvosaim
2nd person sing. orvosod orvosaid
3rd person sing. orvosa orvosai
1st person plural orvosunk orvosaink
2nd person plural orvosotok orvosaitok
3rd person plural orvosuk orvosaik

Derived terms
Compound words

Note: several hyponyms (specializations) are named with the endings -gyógyász, -ász/-ész, -lógus/ -ológus, etc., see Category:hu:Healthcare occupations.

Expressions

References
  1. Entry #25 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. orvos in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  3. orvos in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
  4. orvos in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations

Further reading
  • orvos in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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