Wednesday, February 11, 2015

20150211 Today's Arabic Words


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From today's BBC News in Arabic:




بورما تلغي حقوق تصويت مسلمي الروهينغا عقب احتجاجات

 

The words and phrases below come from the above linked article.

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 مسلمي الروهينغا

Muslim Rohingya

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 وذلك في أعقاب احتجاجات ضد منحهم هذا الحق

in the wake of protests against the granting of this right

lit: (and that) in the wake (aftermath) of the protests against granting them this right

 

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البوذيين

 Buddhists

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خرجوا في مظاهرات احتجاجية

  (they) came out in protests

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رفضا لتمرير قانون

 rejecting the passage of a law

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يسمح للسكان المؤقتين . . .  بالتصويت في الانتخابات

  allowing the temporary residents . . . to vote in the elections

lit: it allows the temporary residents . . . to vote in the elections

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في بورما - المعروفة أيضا باسم ميانمار

 in Burma - also known as Myanmar

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لكن الحكومة لا تعبترهم مواطنين يتمتعون بكامل الحقوق

 but the government doesn't consider them to be citizens with full rights

lit: but the govt. doesn't consider them citizens enjoying all of the rights

 

 

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