Aug 31, 2020 15:59
3 yrs ago
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عربي term
المملكة المتحدة
MA French and Arabic Translator
Native in: أنجليزي 
Works in: عربي إلى أنجليزي, فرنسي إلى أنجليزي
مغرسا
عربي إلى أنجليزي
الفن/الأدب
الشعر والأدب
Contemporary novel
تقول الرواية أيضا إن القات الذي مضغه بدر كريم كان قاتا "مغرسا" ...منقوعا في خمر... لذلك فقد بدر كريم عقله
I assume the best thing to do would be transliterate it, but I was wondering if anyone could tell me more about this form of khat? Is it just as the text says, khat soaked in alcohol?
I assume the best thing to do would be transliterate it, but I was wondering if anyone could tell me more about this form of khat? Is it just as the text says, khat soaked in alcohol?
Proposed translations
(أنجليزي)
| 4 | مُضغة Mudgha |
Dara Gomaa
|
| 3 +1 | marinated |
Aaya Tarawneh
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| 4 | Fresh effective |
adel almergawy
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Proposed translations
14 ساعات
عربي term (edited):
Khat القات
Selected
مُضغة Mudgha
In Egypt, I had this old lady living next door who used to send me or one of my siblings to get her that product. It was some kind of tobacco soaked in some carmelized substance and she called it Mudgha مُضغة which is derived from the Arabic verb yamdugh يمضغ to chew. Hope this helps!
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+1
1 ساعة
Aaya Tarawneh
الولايات المتحدة
الولايات المتحدة
Native in عربي
&
أنجليزي
Works in field
الولايات المتحدة
AR/EN native, medical technical general
Native in: أنجليزي (Variants: Canadian, US, UK, British) , عربي (Variants: Egyptian, Kuwaiti, UAE, Palestinian, Jordanian, Standard-Arabian (MSA), Saudi , Iraqi, Lebanese, Syrian)
Works in: عربي إلى أنجليزي, أنجليزي إلى عربي, فرنسي إلى أنجليزي, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
marinated
The Arabic word refers to planting or burying something, but since we're talking about soaking in wine, I think "marinated" would be a good way to put it.
I tried to find sources on types of khat but came up blank; likewise, a search for بدر كريم did not give any conclusive results, though it seems that he had something to do with legislation against khat (from comments on this article: https://www.jazannews.org/art/s/1486). If I knew for sure that this was a specific name for a type of khat preparation, I would say transliterate, but since the word does have a meaning and it doesn't seem like it's a proper name, I would go with a transation.
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Note added at 1 hr (2020-08-31 17:00:12 GMT)
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*translation
I tried to find sources on types of khat but came up blank; likewise, a search for بدر كريم did not give any conclusive results, though it seems that he had something to do with legislation against khat (from comments on this article: https://www.jazannews.org/art/s/1486). If I knew for sure that this was a specific name for a type of khat preparation, I would say transliterate, but since the word does have a meaning and it doesn't seem like it's a proper name, I would go with a transation.
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Note added at 1 hr (2020-08-31 17:00:12 GMT)
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*translation
19 ساعات
adel almergawy
مصر
مصر
Native in عربي
مصر
legal translator
Native in: عربي (Variants: Saudi , Egyptian)
Works in: أنجليزي إلى عربي, عربي إلى أنجليزي, عربي, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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6
Fresh effective
Grown up
Ripe
Effective
Ripe
Effective
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