sleepers

Arabic translation: دعائم أو عوارض أو دعائم مستعرضة

18:25 Oct 27, 2002
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English term or phrase: sleepers
Rail sleepers.

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Nadia Said
Local time: 09:42
Arabic translation:دعائم أو عوارض أو دعائم مستعرضة
Explanation:
The American Heritage Dictionary deifines sleepers as "horizontal structural members on or near the ground that support weight."

Rail sleepers are called "railroad crossties" in the US. A crsosstie is defined as "a transverse beam or rod serving as a support, especially a beam that connects and supports the rails of a railroad."



Rail sleepers =

دعائم سكة الحديد، عوارض سكة الحديد، دعائم سكة الحديد المستعرضة


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5 +8دعائم أو عوارض أو دعائم مستعرضة
Fuad Yahya
5 +2فلنكات
Alaa Zeineldine


  

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دعائم أو عوارض أو دعائم مستعرضة


Explanation:
The American Heritage Dictionary deifines sleepers as "horizontal structural members on or near the ground that support weight."

Rail sleepers are called "railroad crossties" in the US. A crsosstie is defined as "a transverse beam or rod serving as a support, especially a beam that connects and supports the rails of a railroad."



Rail sleepers =

دعائم سكة الحديد، عوارض سكة الحديد، دعائم سكة الحديد المستعرضة


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    American Heritage Dictionary
Fuad Yahya
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agree  Sami Khamou
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agree  Stephen Franke
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agree  Saleh Ayyub
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agree  Ali Darwish: Also consider (الراقدة) given by Al-Khatib and Routledge Eng-Arabic Dictionary of Civil Engineering
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agree  HALAHouse: Agree
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agree  ahmet30
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agree  Mohammed Mousa
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agree  AhmedAMS
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فلنكات


Explanation:
This is the term normally used commercially, especially in Egypt. Here are some examples:


http://www.sudannow.net/arabic/Economic/Agricul/a_Forst.htm

http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:LYIEUfP5rGQC:www.micor....

http://customs.gov.sa/arabic/trfsys/asp/tarif.asp?WhereToSea...


Alaa


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Note added at 2002-11-18 17:03:41 (GMT) Post-grading
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I do not know the etymology. I wonder if it is a pluralized corruption of the English word \"plank\".

Alaa

Alaa Zeineldine
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agree  Adil Osman: the same usage in sudan. the origin of the term? etymology?
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agree  AhmedAMS
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