Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
عوجاً
English translation:
crooked, leaning, distorted
Added to glossary by
Nadia Ayoub
Feb 26, 2009 15:23
15 yrs ago
Arabic term
عوجاً
Arabic to English
Art/Literary
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
في البلدة القديمة تحضر و بقوة صورة مؤلمة فقد دَكَت الحضارة الحديثة الكثير من بناياتها , فغدت قاعاً صفصفاً لا ترى فيها إلا عوجاً من البقايا
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +3 | crooked, leaning, distorted |
Nadia Ayoub
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| 5 +1 | crookedness |
abdelmajid fouad
|
| 5 | Twisted |
Ghada Samir
|
| 4 | bending, curved |
halani
|
| 4 | curvature/distortion/deviation/bending |
Mostafa MOUHIBE
|
Change log
Feb 26, 2009 15:23: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"
Mar 1, 2009 20:18: Nadia Ayoub Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
+3
7 mins
Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Works in field
Egypt
Never lost for words!
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Italian to Arabic, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
99
Selected
crooked, leaning, distorted
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you"
42 mins
bending, curved
bending, curved
1 hr
Twisted
I think it suits your context
1 hr
Mostafa MOUHIBE
Morocco
Morocco
Native in Arabic
Morocco
Style is the dress of thought
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic to French, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
8
curvature/distortion/deviation/bending
curvature/distortion/deviation/bending
+1
3 hrs
abdelmajid fouad
United States
United States
Native in Arabic
Specializes in field
United States
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, French to Arabic, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
4
crookedness
it could not be translated into crooked or twisted as the word عوجا and أعوج are not the same.
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