Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
عقال الصمت
English translation:
silence
Arabic term
عقال الصمت
What does this mean?
إن حزني يتكاثف ويُرغي كلّما انطلق الناس من عقال الصمت، ويرنّمون أناشيد الحاية، و يهللون ....
It's from a Lebanese text.
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Oct 2, 2023 12:06: Lamine Boukabour Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
Algeria
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Native in: Arabic (Variants: Standard-Arabian (MSA), Algerian) 
Works in: English to Arabic
whenever people break the silence
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Egypt
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Native in: Arabic (Variants: Tunisian, Iraqi, Sudanese, Egyptian, Lebanese, Palestinian, Yemeni, Saudi , UAE, Standard-Arabian (MSA), Moroccan, Syrian, Libyan, Kuwaiti, Algerian, Jordanian) 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
remain silent / keeping quiet
absolute silence
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which means a complete lack of noise or sound.
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as people broke out the absolute silence
France
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Native in: Berber (Other) (Variant: Tamazight ) , Arabic , French
Works in: Arabic to Berber (Other), Berber (Other) to Arabic, Berber (Other) to French, and 13 more.
Silence keeper
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Iraq
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Native in: Arabic (Variants: Iraqi, Lebanese, Standard-Arabian (MSA), Jordanian, Syrian, Egyptian, Palestinian)
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
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