Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
المشايخ
English translation:
the old men
Added to glossary by
S. Rashid Hasan
Mar 25, 2003 19:59
21 yrs ago
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Arabic term
المشايخ
Arabic to English
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وقتلوا جميع من قدروا عليه من الرجال والولدانوالمشايخ والكهول والشبان
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | old men |
S. Rashid Hasan
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| 5 +1 | the elders, the elderly |
Fuad Yahya
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Proposed translations
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وقتلوا جميع من قدروا عليه من الرجال والولدانوالمشايخ والكهول والشبان will translate as:
They killed everyone they could among whom were men, boys, old men, middle-aged men, and young men. The tranlation sounds funny, because in English the exact equivalent renderings of Arabic expressions are not found.
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Note added at 2003-03-27 18:20:44 (GMT) Post-grading
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Alternatively المشايخ = elderly(men)
They killed everyone they could among whom were men, boys, old men, middle-aged men, and young men. The tranlation sounds funny, because in English the exact equivalent renderings of Arabic expressions are not found.
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Note added at 2003-03-27 18:20:44 (GMT) Post-grading
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Alternatively المشايخ = elderly(men)
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the elders, the elderly
MASHAYIKH can mean a number of things, but here the reference is to age.
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