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prairie style house

Arabic translation: منزل مصمم على طراز البراري


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English term or phrase:prairie style house
Arabic translation:منزل مصمم على طراز البراري
Entered by: maiabulela
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20:23 Mar 20, 2011
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Art/Literary - Furniture / Household Appliances / design
English term or phrase: prairie style house
Dear all,

How can we translate "prairie" in "prairie style house"?

Thanks a lot.
maiabulela
Local time: 08:06
بيت البراري/ بيت مصمم على طراز البراري
Explanation:
http://www.3d2ddesign.com/more_architecture.php?id=9&design=...
طراز البراري يتميز بالمرونة في استخدام الفضاء الداخلي وقلة الجدران حيث الغرف تتداخل مع بعضها البعض

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Note added at 9 days (2011-03-29 20:24:14 GMT)
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There is in Arabic the term سهوب البراري : وهي منطقة سهبية تغطيها حشائش السافانا والشجيرات المعتدلة. The word prairie originates from the French “la prairie” and means meadow http://www.billcasselman.com/casselmania/mania_one.htm
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loubaba
Local time: 01:06
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1تصميم منزل يتناغم مع المرج
Liliane Hatem
4بيت البراري/ بيت مصمم على طراز البراريloubaba


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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
تصميم منزل يتناغم مع المرج


Explanation:
منزل ذو سقف منخفض ونوافذ زجاجية وفسحات داخلية واسعة
Prairie houses were designed to blend in with the flat, prairie landscape.

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Note added at 23 mins (2011-03-20 20:47:18 GMT)
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كلا، إنه منزل في وسط البلدة لكن تصميمه كما هو مبين أعلاه. Can you post the whole sentence?

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Note added at 35 mins (2011-03-20 20:59:13 GMT)
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you can say منزل تراثي وسط المرج
informal and inviting space that looked right at home on the wide-open spaces of the prairie (Prairie Style House, 1900-1920)


    Reference: http://architecture.about.com/od/periodsstyles/ig/House-Styl...
Liliane Hatem
Local time: 09:06
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 12
Notes to answerer
Asker: Can we say منزل مراعي ?

Asker: "This bathroom fascinated me because it's in a historic house. It's prairie style house from 1907."

Asker: Can't thank you enough!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Heba Salah
1 hr
  -> Thanks Heba:)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
بيت البراري/ بيت مصمم على طراز البراري


Explanation:
http://www.3d2ddesign.com/more_architecture.php?id=9&design=...
طراز البراري يتميز بالمرونة في استخدام الفضاء الداخلي وقلة الجدران حيث الغرف تتداخل مع بعضها البعض

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Note added at 9 days (2011-03-29 20:24:14 GMT)
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There is in Arabic the term سهوب البراري : وهي منطقة سهبية تغطيها حشائش السافانا والشجيرات المعتدلة. The word prairie originates from the French “la prairie” and means meadow http://www.billcasselman.com/casselmania/mania_one.htm

loubaba
Local time: 01:06
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Is براري here a transliteration for the word "prairie"??? Or "prairie" is a trasilteration for براري ??

Asker: ???????????????????????

Asker: It's a translation then, not a transliteration! That's what I wanted to know.Thanks.

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