Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jan 3, 2009 14:57
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Arabic term
شمائل
Arabic to English
Other
Agriculture
يتموج سهل البقاع اللبناني صيفا مع تمايل سنابل القمح. تلك السيقان الذهبية كانت في زمن مضى تنتظر مناجل المزارعين وسواعدهم تجمعها شمائل شمائل في الحقول التي اشتهرت باسم أهراء روما
from: http://www.asharqalawsat.com/details.asp?section=62&issueno=...
about wheat in the Beqaa Valley.
I have found it meaning "good qualities", but also think it might mean "bunches".
Thank you for any help
from: http://www.asharqalawsat.com/details.asp?section=62&issueno=...
about wheat in the Beqaa Valley.
I have found it meaning "good qualities", but also think it might mean "bunches".
Thank you for any help
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | bunch by bunch |
Ahmed Alami
|
| 4 | in bunches |
Sayyed Soliman
|
| 3 | into sheaves |
Bubo Coroman (X)
|
Proposed translations
+2
31 mins
Ahmed Alami
Morocco
Morocco
Native in Arabic
Morocco
Sworn Translator/Traducteur Assermenté
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, French to Arabic
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Arabic term (edited):
شمائل شمائل
Selected
bunch by bunch
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Comment: "Thanks very much Ahmed."
59 mins
Sayyed Soliman
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Works in field
Egypt
High Quality, Accurate Translation
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
in bunches
in bunches
6 hrs
into sheaves
a way of drying manually-harvested wheat on the field
They are the husbands who harvest the wheat and the wives who gather the sheaves.
Gebran Khalil Gebran
http://mybelovedlebanon.blogspot.com/2008_04_01_archive.html
photo:
http://www.fao.org/inpho/content/compend/img/ch06/ph00128.ht...
They are the husbands who harvest the wheat and the wives who gather the sheaves.
Gebran Khalil Gebran
http://mybelovedlebanon.blogspot.com/2008_04_01_archive.html
photo:
http://www.fao.org/inpho/content/compend/img/ch06/ph00128.ht...
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