Nov 13, 2009 11:21
14 yrs ago
Arabic term
Philippe Desmazeaux
غلام جفر
Non-PRO
Arabic to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
What does this phrase suggest to you apart from "small boy"? What does jafar mean?
Proposed translations
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prettiestfairy
Israel
Israel
Native in Arabic
Specializes in field
Israel
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic, Hebrew to Arabic, and 5 more.
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this term refers to the infant who reaches the age of six monthes and is able to eat food
in the past the arabs used to call the little goat (jafar) when it stops sucking milk and start to eat and this word became also attributed to the human children who are old enough to eat. the word can also describe the fat boy.
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Comment: "Thank you. I found that link too. Good luck with your translating work !"
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Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Specializes in field
Egypt
Never lost for words!
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Italian to Arabic, and 4 more.
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Gholam Jaafar/Jaafar's boy
this could either be a name and surname, or it could mean Jafaar's boy, servant, slave.
2 days 27 mins
A healthy, sturdy & plump boy
This term has many senses in Arabic, but here it means sound, strong and full. It is widely used in the ancient Arabic literature to describe children even in more advanced ages. I guess the adjective "fat" cannot be used as the English equivalent of this term since it denotes overweighting.
For further readings, please follow the following link:
http://ar.wikisource.org/wiki/السيرة_الحلبية/باب_وفاة_أمه_وح...
Also, page 19 line 11 from bottom of the following:
www.nabulsi.com/text/06fokoh/07haj/514-10.DOC
For further readings, please follow the following link:
http://ar.wikisource.org/wiki/السيرة_الحلبية/باب_وفاة_أمه_وح...
Also, page 19 line 11 from bottom of the following:
www.nabulsi.com/text/06fokoh/07haj/514-10.DOC
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