"a doctor"
Translation:دُكتور
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Come on people, stop being such purists. When was the last you heard someone say "أنا ذاهب إلى الطبيب"?! Everyone I know uses "دكتور" to refer to a doctor nowadays.
unlike you I am not a native arabic speaker. In fact I am still a beginner and طَبِيب was one of the first few words I learned. So naturally seeing a different word, eventhough I could read it, can make some people like me confused. I never been to an Arab speaking country so I don't know what people say in these countries for the word doctor
you would use tenwin behind a noun to make it indefinite. For example الطَبِيب طَبِيبٌ but not sure if people use indefinite nouns in daily life
People do use indefinite nouns all the time (in fact I just did), but the tanwiin is rare. However, absence of the ال indicates indefiniteness.
They sound alike because it is a loan word. It is the same foreign word i both languages.