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نîلًوٍ

English translation: turned back

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Arabic term or phrase:	نîلًوٍ
English translation:	turned back
Entered by:	Randa El Nomeir

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09:22 Jan 7, 2006

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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature

Arabic term or phrase: نîلًوٍ

هو انشêنة:

ظêد çé بهرسèنé تظوٌé
×ارشé بانعêث نندار ساêن
êرشدèوم ظنé زبو انهجوé
ظêد çجو نلو ظâب انهحاêن

Randa El Nomeir KudoZ activity Questions: 177 (1 open) (22 closed without grading) Answers: 65
Local time: 07:40

turned back

Explanation:
لفن بمعنى لففن أي استدرن عائدات

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Note added at 2 days 33 mins (2006-01-09 09:55:37 GMT)
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نلو as I see it would stand for نللو as in common gulf dialect; that is بلتح انناه èتشدêد èمسر انلاء èسمèو انوèو. I read it as if the poet is talking about the joy of the camels turning back with his beloved (or bride as talking wedding rituals) on them after his calls for them not to leave.

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Dina Abdo
Palestine
Local time: 07:40

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5 +1

turned back

Dina Abdo

4 +1

"song"

Hassan Al-Haifi (wordforword)

Discussion entries: 5

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10 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

لَفِنْ "song"

Explanation:
The ن here is the article " ان", or the, as in some dilaects they tend to remove the "ا" or use other letters such as ه as in هلو. This is the case in the Tehama strip that stretches down the eastern Arabian Peninsula from Hejaz to the southern tip of Yemen.

Hassan Al-Haifi (wordforword)
Local time: 08:40
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 20

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

لَفِنْ

turned back

Dina Abdo
Palestine
Local time: 07:40
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 72

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