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Arabic translation: أخ أو أخت


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GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:sibling
Arabic translation:أخ أو أخت
Entered by: Saleh Ayyub
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13:37 Nov 12, 2004
English to Arabic translations [Non-PRO]
Advertising / Public Relations / advertising
English term or phrase: sibling
how do you say "sibling" in arabic?
Jeannette
أخ أو أخت
Explanation:
we pronounce it as Akh or Ukht,

All the best,

Saleh Ayyub

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5 +7أخ أو أخت
Saleh Ayyub
5شقيق, أشقاء
Ahmed Reffat
4sanwyacine


  

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أخ أو أخت


Explanation:
we pronounce it as Akh or Ukht,

All the best,

Saleh Ayyub



Saleh Ayyub
Local time: 13:21
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  Nesrin: Akh=brother, Ukht=sister
5 mins
  -> Thank you Nesrin

agree  ArabicSoft: The English context sometimes helps determine whether it is "Akh" (brother) or "Ukht" (sister).
31 mins
  -> Thank you

agree  Abdelazim Abdelazim
9 hrs
  -> Thank you

agree  Mona Helal: agree with Nesrin
10 hrs
  -> Thanks

agree  AhmedAMS: Agree with Nesrin
19 hrs
  -> Thank you

agree  Mustafa Fadhel
1 day6 hrs
  -> Thank you

agree  xxxtranslator11: brother is Akh , sister is ukht, or okht
6 days
  -> Thanks
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sanw


Explanation:
more contaxt will help

yacine
Local time: 01:21
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Ahmed Reffat: صنو is Peer
3 days23 hrs
  -> peer = nadhiir

agree  xxxtranslator11
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شقيق, أشقاء


Explanation:
ٍMasculine: Shaqieq (Sing),Shaqiqayn (Dual), Ashiqaa' (Plural)
Feminine: Shaqiqa (sing), Shaqiqatayn (Dual), Shaqiqaat (plural)

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Note added at 4 days (2004-11-16 14:47:33 GMT)
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The term is used that the persons sharing this relationship belong to same mother and father.i.e. not half-brothers or sisters.

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Note added at 4 days (2004-11-16 16:20:33 GMT)
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If the register is advertising or publlic relations as stated may be an expression like \"sibling firm\" was used which would suggest the use of شقيق or شقيقة in this context, rather than صنو or أخ/أخت

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Note added at 4 days (2004-11-16 16:28:28 GMT)
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صنو means same as, counterpart,equal, double or peer iand is a literary lexiacal item. It doesn\'t have any connotation of original or parental brotherhood in Arabic; such denotations are present in the English \"sibling\".

Ahmed Reffat
Local time: 02:21
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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