Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Tumbler
Persian (Farsi) translation:
کیسه بکس بادی عروسکی
English term
Tumbler
Please, what do you call a tumbler (or ‘roly-poly’)?
A picture:
http://images.gittigidiyor.com/3427/ANTIKA-OYUNCAK-Haciyatma...
No matter how many times a child tries to push it over, it always stands up again!
Here it is called 'hacıyatmaz', literally 'the hadji doesn't lie down'.
Best wishes, and many thanks,
Simon
5 | کیسه بکس بادی عروسکی | Ahmad Kabiri |
5 | عروسک لرزان | Mahmood Haerian-Ardakani |
4 | آدمک/عروسک همیشه سرپا/ایستاده | Mahmoud Akbari |
PRO (1): Ahmad Kabiri
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Proposed translations
کیسه بکس بادی عروسکی
Please also google the phrase.
BTW, I was wondering why this question has been selected as a non-PRO one!
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Note added at 44 mins (2011-10-31 15:11:51 GMT)
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Yes, you are right; but I'm almost sure that it can't be answered by a simple native speaker. I myself didn't have any idea what it is called in Persian until I searched a few terms and found the answer. I suppose you can also decide a question level by its difficulty.
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Note added at 52 mins (2011-10-31 15:19:19 GMT)
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You're very welcome!
Many thanks, also for querying my non-PRO decision, as I myself had been having doubts. But isn't the idea that anything that can be solved by a native speaker with a dictionary counts as non-PRO? I'm sure that's what I read once. |
Many thanks for the helpful clarification. |
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