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Arabic translation: التنورة المطوَّقة


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English term or phrase:hoopskirt
Arabic translation:التنورة المطوَّقة
Entered by: Nawal Shekar
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15:17 Jun 2, 2008
English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: hoopskirt
Note: please, do not translate the whole sentence.
Context:

"She had discarded her hoopskirt and appeared not unlike a nun."
Nawal Shekar
Bahrain
Local time: 22:52
التنورة المطوَّقة
Explanation:
التنورة المطوَّة: تنورة ذات أطواق موسِّعة
وتُسمى في مجال الموضة الجيبونة

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Note added at 7 mins (2008-06-02 15:25:50 GMT)
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Hoop skirt
A hoop skirt or hoopskirt is a women's undergarment worn in various periods to hold the skirt extended into a fashionable shape.

A skirt stiffened with hoops
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Hervana
Egypt
Local time: 21:52
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5التنورة المطوَّقة
Hervana


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التنورة المطوَّقة


Explanation:
التنورة المطوَّة: تنورة ذات أطواق موسِّعة
وتُسمى في مجال الموضة الجيبونة

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Note added at 7 mins (2008-06-02 15:25:50 GMT)
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Hoop skirt
A hoop skirt or hoopskirt is a women's undergarment worn in various periods to hold the skirt extended into a fashionable shape.

A skirt stiffened with hoops


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Hervana
Egypt
Local time: 21:52
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 32
Notes to answerer
Asker: سلام عليكم أختي Hervana هل يمكن ان أقول : تنورتها ذات الحواشي؟ حتى تكون مفهومة اكثر؟؟ وبالنسبة إلى المعنى، هل معنى الجملة انها بدت مثل راهبة أم لا ؟

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