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doctor

Source:*lěkarьProto-Slavic · “healer (from *lěkъ 'remedy')”certain

Slavic *lěkъ 'remedy' is often taken as an early loan from Germanic (compare English leech 'physician'), but that is not settled.

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doctor

Polish

lekarz

ˈlɛkaʂ

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Russian
врачvrač
vratɕdifferent word · Church Slavonic врачь 'healer, sorcerer'
Colloquially also до́ктор; лека́рь is archaic.
Ukrainian
лі́карlikar
ˈlʲikarinherited
Polish
lekarz
ˈlɛkaʂinherited
Czech
lékař
ˈlɛːkar̝inherited
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
ljekar / lekarљекар / лекар
ˈʎekarinherited
Standard-specific words: liječnik (Croatian) — From the same root lijek 'medicine'.
English
doctor