Glossary entry

Arabic term or phrase:

الحبوب

English translation:

grains/cereals

Added to glossary by Abd Alrahman Almidani
Nov 2, 2021 17:19
2 yrs ago
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Arabic term

الحبوب

Arabic to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
Hi everyone,
This is from a Syrian text.

I'm wondering what kind of seeds are these, like sunflower seeds? Or some sort of grain?

عليّ أن أخرجها من حيّز أفكاري التي تتسلّى بقضمها كما لو أنّها مجموعة من الحبوب الشهية الطازجة

Many thanks!
Proposed translations (English)
5 +2 grains/cereals
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Nov 9, 2021 23:31: Abd Alrahman Almidani Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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grains/cereals

It's either grains or cereals. We don't use this word to refer to sunflower seeds. For sunflower seeds, we say بزر. The plural is بزورات.
Peer comment(s):

agree Assem AlKhallouf : cereals / nuts (مكسرات or موالح referring to cereals)
0 min
Thank you, Assem. In Damascus, "nuts" is مكسرات.
agree Saeed Najmi
23 mins
Thank you very much
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