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haft orang

English translation: seven skies

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Persian (Farsi) term or phrase:haft orang
English translation:seven skies
Entered by: militia (X)

12:22 Dec 3, 2004
Persian (Farsi) to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Persian (Farsi) term or phrase: haft orang
haft orange jaami
militia (X)
Local time: 20:13
seven skies
Explanation:
or seven heavens
"orang" means sky.
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shahmoradi
Local time: 20:13
Grading comment
thanx
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Summary of answers provided
5 -1Seven Thrones
Aisha Maniar
4The seven dominions
Alireza Yazdunpanuh
4seven skies
shahmoradi


  

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Seven Thrones


Explanation:
Again this is a literal translation; I don't think all seven volumes of this work have been translated so it is best to put in Farsi in italics and then the English translation in brackets afterwards.

Aisha Maniar
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Alireza Yazdunpanuh: I do believe it is too literal. Please, refer to my note.
2 hrs
  -> when no actual translation is available in English, often a literal translation is given instead. The reference is actually to seven volume of sufi poetry
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
The seven dominions


Explanation:
Orang (literally: throne) is a symbol of supreme power. A collection of seven thrones makes neither any literal nor metaphorical sense. I think Jumy was referring to seven spritual sovereign powers, instead.

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Note added at 5 hrs 51 mins (2004-12-03 18:13:52 GMT)
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I looked up haft orang in Loqat Nume Dehkhoda and found out that it referred to the seven stars called \"The Greater Bear\". So, I belive that a more authoritative translation for haft orang could be \"The Greater Bear\".

Alireza Yazdunpanuh
Iran
Local time: 20:13
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Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
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2 days 53 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
seven skies


Explanation:
or seven heavens
"orang" means sky.

shahmoradi
Local time: 20:13
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
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thanx
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