الأربعين

English translation: The forty-day anniversary (of someone\'s death)

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Arabic term or phrase:الأربعين
English translation:The forty-day anniversary (of someone\'s death)
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20:01 Jul 31, 2014
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Arabic term or phrase: الأربعين
This word appears in a conversation between two Egyptians:

سميرة شفتها حالا دلوقت، كنا في الأربعين بتاع حماة سامر
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Jordan
The forty-day anniversary
Explanation:
The forty-day anniversary

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Muhammad Said
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Local time: 08:04
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The forty-day anniversary


Explanation:
The forty-day anniversary

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Note added at 11 mins (2014-07-31 20:13:18 GMT)
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http://books.google.com.eg/books?id=rWEg6Tfai_oC&pg=PA56&lpg...


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Note added at 11 mins (2014-07-31 20:13:26 GMT)
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http://islamqa.info/en/12552

Muhammad Said
Egypt
Local time: 08:04
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 92
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