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رحابة صدره
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Glossary entry

Arabic term or phrase:

لقب (الخير) للشيخ زايد

English translation:

Zayed, the Benevolent

Added to glossary by Eman Riesh
Jun 3, 2006 05:17
17 yrs ago
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Arabic term

لقب (الخير) للشيخ زايد

Arabic to English Social Sciences Government / Politics Speeches
Context:

يؤمن زايد الخير بأهمية العمل الاجتماعى .........

It is a title for the late president Sheikh Zayed

Any suggestion ?

Thanks in advance
Proposed translations (English)
3 +1 Zayed the Bountiful, the Charitable, the Benevolent
4 +6 the man of good deeds (Zayed Al kheer)
5 +2 Alkhir (Alkheer)
5 +1 (man of prosperity)
5 +1 The Philanthropist
4 Zayed the Prosperous /the Well-Doer
4 Zaid, the benefactor

Discussion

Alaa Zeineldine Jun 10, 2006:
For example, you can call a person رحيم كريم غيور مؤمن عزيز but you cannot use رحمن عالم الغيب والشهادة خالق قدوس.
Alaa Zeineldine Jun 10, 2006:
In Islam, there are divine attributes which the Creator made available to His creation, although their manifestation by the Creator is beyond comparison, other attributes are exclusive to the Creator.
Hassan Al-Haifi (wordforword) Jun 10, 2006:
The previous is said with all respects to all of course.
Hassan Al-Haifi (wordforword) Jun 10, 2006:
We should be careful not to give attributes we normally attribute to the al-Mighty (that are actually names of Allah) to human beings as much as possible. I would think that charitable would be the most appropriate of the answer you have chosen.

Proposed translations

+1
17 hrs
Selected

Zayed the Bountiful, the Charitable, the Benevolent

Transliteration is an alternative as other colleagues indicated. For a translation, you can choose from:

Zayed the Bountiful
Zayed the Charitable
Zayed the Benevolent

Reference:

http://www.uaezayed.com/zayed1/zayed7e.htm

Peer comment(s):
agree Dikran
1 day 18 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you very much, Mr. Alaa. and thank you all for your answers"
+2
9 mins

Alkhir (Alkheer)

I would transliterate, but sure it is up to you to translate :)

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Note added at 17 mins (2006-06-03 05:34:45 GMT)
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لقد آثرت هذه الترجمة لأن الألقاب (في رأيي) تظل كما هي
مثال:
أبا القاسم
الصديق (أبو بكر)
الفاروق عمر
هل عند ذكر هؤلاء العظام يتم ترجمة ألقابهم أم تذكر كما هي لكن بحروق لاتينية؟
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Peer comment(s):
agree Mayssa Allaf
5 hrs
agree Alaa Zeineldine : Al-Khayr
16 hrs
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+6
43 mins

the man of good deeds (Zayed Al kheer)

I think it is a good idea to provide explanation of the name then transliteration.
For an English reader, it would be better to tell what this Arabic word refer to.

Regards,
Peer comment(s):
agree Abdelmonem Samir : transliteration first, then the explanation between parentheses
1 hr
Many Thanks :)
agree ghassan al-Alem : Righteous or honourable maybe a little shorter
1 hr
Many Thanks :)
agree Saleh Ayyub
4 hrs
Many Thanks :)
agree Ala Rabie : i agree with samir.
6 hrs
OK thanks
agree Ahmad Maher Sandouk
14 hrs
Many Thanks :)
agree Ramadan Bekheet : As Monem
1 day 8 hrs
Many Thanks :)
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+1
7 hrs

(man of prosperity)

prosperity to the nation
Peer comment(s):
agree Ala Rabie : 'Zayed Alkheir (Zayed of prosperity and good deeds)' sounds nice to me :)
15 mins
Thanks, enshrine
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15 hrs

Zayed the Prosperous /the Well-Doer

why not ?
Alexander the great, Richard the Lion-Hearted...
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1 day 11 hrs

Zaid, the benefactor

لا شك هذا لقب يتوقف أو يترتب على كثرة الأعمال الخيرية التي قام بها رحمة الله عليه في دولة الإمارات وخارجها وإذا أدخلتَ العبارة زايد الخير في بحث ياهو يتظهر أمثلة كثيرة لهذا اللقب
Reference:

http://www.uaeeyes.com/uaeeyes/showthread.php?t=16931

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+1
1 day 16 hrs

The Philanthropist

You can't go wrong with this at all.

Wkipedia says:
A philanthropist is someone who devotes his/her time, money, or effort towards helping others. The label is most often applied to someone who gives large amounts to charity. See also philanthropy.


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Webster's Online says:
A philanthropist is any person that tries to do good deeds to help other people. The label is most often applied to someone who provides a large fraction of the money that supports the efforts in a particular category. Often a charitable foundation, a museum, or a specific activist organization is the direct recipient.
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/philant...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philanthropist
Reference:

http://qamoos.sakhr.com/idrisidic_1.asp?Sub=philanthropist

http://www-old.ectaco.com/online/diction.php3?lang=3&q=1&refid=316&rfr_id=3430626&rqt_id=16036577&pagelang=23&word=philanthropist&direction=

Note from asker:
Dear Mr. Hassan, it is common in arabic to say about someoneهذا الشخص الكريم though it is a name of Allah. the only forbidden case is with the name (Allah). Anyway, this was used before as indicated in the link that Alaa provided
Peer comment(s):
agree Dikran
18 hrs
Thanks Dikran
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