Sep 26, 2023 12:39
8 mos ago
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Arabic term
نقطة زائغة
Arabic to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Hi everyone,
Does this mean the man was a wanderer or an outcast?
ولم يسعفه مركز أبيه ليحيا في قلب المجتمع، فعاش على الهامش نقطة زائغة في عين القرية.
Thanks!
Does this mean the man was a wanderer or an outcast?
ولم يسعفه مركز أبيه ليحيا في قلب المجتمع، فعاش على الهامش نقطة زائغة في عين القرية.
Thanks!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | distant point / isolated position / outcast |
Motaz Fahmy
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| 4 +1 | wanderer |
Lamine Boukabour
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| 4 +1 | as an outlier |
Heba Abed
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| 5 | Lost/stray |
Hanane SALMI
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Proposed translations
8 mins
Motaz Fahmy
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Works in field
Egypt
Professional Translator
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Jordanian, Tunisian, Iraqi, Sudanese, Egyptian, Lebanese, Palestinian, Yemeni, Saudi , UAE, Standard-Arabian (MSA), Moroccan, Syrian, Libyan, Kuwaiti, Algerian) 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
Related KudoZ points
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35
Selected
distant point / isolated position / outcast
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outcast also can convey the meaning
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Note added at 14 mins (2023-09-26 12:54:00 GMT)
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As a result, this person lived on the outskirts or periphery, in a location that was considered distant or removed from the focal point of the village. This suggests that the individual lived in a more isolated or marginalized position within the community.
outcast also can convey the meaning
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Note added at 14 mins (2023-09-26 12:54:00 GMT)
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As a result, this person lived on the outskirts or periphery, in a location that was considered distant or removed from the focal point of the village. This suggests that the individual lived in a more isolated or marginalized position within the community.
3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Brilliant explanation. Thanks!"
+1
2 mins
Lamine Boukabour
Algeria
Algeria
Native in Arabic
Algeria
Every Word Matters
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Standard-Arabian (MSA), Algerian) 
Works in: English to Arabic
Related KudoZ points
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94
+1
15 mins
as an outlier
outlier= a person or thing that is atypical within a particular group, class, or category
52 mins
Hanane SALMI
France
France
Native in Arabic
Specializes in field
France
Language unifies us
Native in: Berber (Other) (Variant: Tamazight ) , Arabic , French
Works in: Arabic to Berber (Other), Berber (Other) to Arabic, Berber (Other) to French, and 13 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
3
Lost/stray
This word can be used in different meanings,ex: نَظرٌ زَائِغٌ means someone who looks and wants what doesn't belong to him, in the posted example we it can be interpreted as رَجُلٌ زَائِغٌ meaning: Stray, lost, someone who doesn't have aims nor relations.
Example sentence:
نَظرٌ زَائِغٌ
رَجُلٌ زَائِغٌ
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