قند

English translation: copied/ imitated

00:46 Nov 3, 2011
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - History
Arabic term or phrase: قند
اينسى حساد الاسلام و المكابرين في عظمة فضله ,الزاعمون انه انما نقل و تعلم و قند و اقتدى و انه انما صلى وراء غيره: ان المدينة الشرقية يوم ظهر الاسلام كان اخنى عليها الذي اخنى على لبد
Dareth Pray
United States
Local time: 06:16
English translation:copied/ imitated
Explanation:
The word in Arabic is
قلد and not قند
I checked up the text in Shakib Arslan article and it was
الزاعمون أنه إنما نقل
وتعلم وقلد واقتدى
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drmutaier
Australia
Local time: 23:16
Grading comment
Thanks! It was قند
in the version that I had. The author had been using so much obscure vocabulary that it didn't occur to me that it was a typo. Thanks again!
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4 +1copied/ imitated
drmutaier
4digested
Hassan Lotfy


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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
digested


Explanation:
literally: squeezed the sap of ...


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Note added at 9 hrs (2011-11-03 10:39:59 GMT)
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digested the sciences

Hassan Lotfy
Egypt
Local time: 15:16
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
copied/ imitated


Explanation:
The word in Arabic is
قلد and not قند
I checked up the text in Shakib Arslan article and it was
الزاعمون أنه إنما نقل
وتعلم وقلد واقتدى

drmutaier
Australia
Local time: 23:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Thanks! It was قند
in the version that I had. The author had been using so much obscure vocabulary that it didn't occur to me that it was a typo. Thanks again!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  TargamaT team: أعتقد أن هذه هي الكلمة بعد التفكر في النص
7 hrs
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