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الخيول الأصيلة

English translation: Purebred

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Arabic term or phrase: الخيول الأصيلة
English translation:Purebred
Entered by: Heather Shaw

23:50 Sep 26, 2008
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
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Arabic term or phrase: الخيول الأصيلة
في مضامير الخيل، تعلـّم الشيخ ناصر، أن الخوف يصنع الأيدي المرتعشة، وأن الخيول الأصيلة تأنف من أن تنقاد للأيدي المرتعشة
Does this refer only to thoroughbreds, or can it mean all horses of high pedregree or is there some other term?
Heather Shaw
United States
Local time: 12:54
Purebred
Explanation:
The pure bread Arabian horse, there is no equal!!!
Here in Quarryville, PA we have a Purebred Arabian Horse Farm. I am proud of my Purebred Arabs they are fun to ride.
http://www.waho.org/History/sharkasi.html
http://saudiarabianhorses.com/
http://www.arabianhorses.org/default2.asp
http://www.arabianhorses.org/education/education_bloodlines_...
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Sajjad Hamadani
United States
Local time: 05:54
Grading comment
Thanks for the information!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4Purebred
Sajjad Hamadani
5 +1thoroughbreds/pure race horces
Nadia Ayoub


Discussion entries: 1





  

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thoroughbreds/pure race horces


Explanation:
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Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 12:54
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 213

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fuad Yahya: In this context, "purebreds" (one word) would most probably be the intended term. Thoroughbred horses make up a very different category. I doubt if the writer knows the difference, but the asker is well-advised to find out from the client, just in case.
1 hr
  -> Many thanks Fuad :)
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Purebred


Explanation:
The pure bread Arabian horse, there is no equal!!!
Here in Quarryville, PA we have a Purebred Arabian Horse Farm. I am proud of my Purebred Arabs they are fun to ride.
http://www.waho.org/History/sharkasi.html
http://saudiarabianhorses.com/
http://www.arabianhorses.org/default2.asp
http://www.arabianhorses.org/education/education_bloodlines_...

Sajjad Hamadani
United States
Local time: 05:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in UrduUrdu, Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Thanks for the information!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mohsin Alabdali
2 hrs
  -> thanks
agree  Ghada Samir
6 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  Maureen Millington-Brodie: definitely, meaning purebred (Arabian) horses, they are famous for having to be ridden "tactfully" with "quiet hands" and not "heavy-handedly"
7 hrs
  -> thanks
agree  A Nabil Bouitieh: Spot on.
9 hrs
  -> Thanks
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