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الجلود الكثيرة

English translation: many bulky books

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00:00 Nov 3, 2011

Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - History / History of the Islamic Civilization

Arabic term or phrase: الجلود الكثيرة

This is the entire sentence:

و الا فلو استقصينا كل ما اثر المسلمون في الارض من رائع و بديع لم تسع ذلك الجلود الكثيرة, المرصوفة طبقا فوق طبق

I'm having trouble figuring out the entire sentence actually, but particularly this phrase. It's from an excerpt of a book about the history of Islamic civilization.

Dareth Pray KudoZ activity Questions: 35 (3 open) (1 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 25
Local time: 16:03

English translation:many bulky books

Explanation:
I checked up the text and the word was
الاجلاد
and not الجلود
and here the translation can be bulky books or my colleague suggested earlier many volumes.

Selected response from:

drmutaier
Local time: 23:03

Grading comment

Thank you! I think that there must be two versions of the text, because it was definitely الجلود
in my version.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +1

a magnitude of pachments

HassanLotfy

many bulky books

drmutaier

many volumes

Moodi

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

a magnitude of pachments

Explanation:
so many parchments ( writing leather )

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Note added at 7 mins (2011-11-03 00:07:47 GMT)
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sorry for typos: parchment

HassanLotfy
Egypt
Local time: 22:03
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

5 hrs confidence:

many volumes

Explanation:
جلد=volume

Moodi
Local time: 23:03
Native speaker of:

Arabic

14 hrs confidence:

many bulky books

Explanation:
I checked up the text and the word was
الاجلاد
and not الجلود
and here the translation can be bulky books or my colleague suggested earlier many volumes.

drmutaier
Local time: 23:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 16

Grading comment

Thank you! I think that there must be two versions of the text, because it was definitely الجلود
in my version.

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