Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
مربدا للتمر
English translation:
a place for drying dates
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ashwaqz
Dec 18, 2004 13:28
19 yrs ago
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Arabic term
مربدا للتمر
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This phrase is still from a religious text.It describes the place that our prophet bought to build the first mosque in Islam on.still i find diffeculty translating although i looked for it in some dictionaries.i would like to have it translated from Arabic into English.إبتاع المكان الذي كان مربدا للتمر:this is the context in which this phrase is .
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Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | a place for drying dates |
Alaa Zeineldine
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| 4 +1 | threshing-floor for dates |
Alexander Yeltsov
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Proposed translations
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Arabic term (edited):
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a place for drying dates
According to المحيط:
http://lexicons.ajeeb.com/html/1086621.html
المِرْبَدُ : المكان الذي تقف فيه الإبل وتُحبَس ؛- كان للبصرة مربد وهو سوق للإبلِ وكان يجتمع فيه الشعراء .-: مايجفف فيه التمر ج مرا
Other dictionaries also define مربد as a place to collect goods or things.
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Note added at 5 hrs 25 mins (2004-12-18 18:54:48 GMT)
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A letter was dropped at the end of the above definition, the last word is obviously مرابد
http://lexicons.ajeeb.com/html/1086621.html
المِرْبَدُ : المكان الذي تقف فيه الإبل وتُحبَس ؛- كان للبصرة مربد وهو سوق للإبلِ وكان يجتمع فيه الشعراء .-: مايجفف فيه التمر ج مرا
Other dictionaries also define مربد as a place to collect goods or things.
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Note added at 5 hrs 25 mins (2004-12-18 18:54:48 GMT)
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A letter was dropped at the end of the above definition, the last word is obviously مرابد
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Comment: "thank you for translating !"
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3 hrs
Alexander Yeltsov
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Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic to Russian, and 1 more.
Arabic term (edited):
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threshing-floor for dates
It's a kind of a back room attached to the house
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Note added at 4 hrs 0 min (2004-12-18 17:29:24 GMT)
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المربد للتمر هو كالبيدر للحنطة
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Note added at 4 hrs 0 min (2004-12-18 17:29:24 GMT)
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المربد للتمر هو كالبيدر للحنطة
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Ahmed Reffat
3 hrs
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| neutral |
Alaa Zeineldine
: I do not believe that date is thrashed. Usually fresh dates are dried to produce tamr.
3 hrs
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As far as I understand dates are cut off with the brunches, then they are dried and afterwards separated from the brunches
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