Glossary entry

Arabic term or phrase:

!أوا

English translation:

Or else!

Added to glossary by Lamis Maalouf
Apr 26, 2015 20:58
9 yrs ago
Arabic term

!أوا

Arabic to English Art/Literary Other
يحكي المؤلف قصة فارس كان يريد أن يسرق رجلا فقال له: "حط!حط! أوا!" فأريد أن أعرف معنى كلمة أوا
وشكرا!
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 Or else!
Change log

Apr 27, 2015 22:00: Randa Farhat changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"

May 1, 2015 11:00: Lamis Maalouf Created KOG entry

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

PRO (3): Lamis Maalouf, Morano El-Kholy, Randa Farhat

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Discussion

Lamis Maalouf Apr 27, 2015:
كلمة حطّ فصيحة ويستخدمها البدو بمعناها أفرغ ما لديك
http://www.almaany.com/en/dict/ar-en/حط/
أي ضع ما في جعبتك وإلا سأقتلك
Osama Alnimer Apr 26, 2015:
Is this in Modernized Standard Arabic? Or was he talking to his horse?

Proposed translations

+2
7 mins
Selected

Or else!

Peer comment(s):

agree Khalid Idris
10 mins
شكراً جزيلاً
agree Morano El-Kholy
17 hrs
شكراً جزيلاً
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