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فرهود

English translation: loot

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Arabic term or phrase:فرهود
English translation:loot
Entered by: Spring2007 (X)

19:46 Nov 10, 2004
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Slang / Behavior
Arabic term or phrase: فرهود
This a typical Iraqi colloqual expression. It means a collective robbery in the absence of law and order. The victim is normally absent, overwhelmed or in hiding. It is the sort of robbery we saw during the invasion of Iraq. The same term has different meaning in the standard Arabic dictionaries such as Al-Munjid. I am not looking for that.The term "فرهود" is probably of Persian origin.
Sami Khamou
Local time: 00:14
loot
Explanation:
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Spring2007 (X)
Local time: 06:14
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Summary of answers provided
5 +6loot
Spring2007 (X)
4 +4pillage
Nesrin
4 +1marauding
Alexander Yeltsov


Discussion entries: 3





  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
فرهود
pillage


Explanation:
I think that's the term you're looking for.
Merriam-Webster: "pillage: the act of looting or plundering especially in war"

Nesrin
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:14
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ArabicSoft: The verb "فَرهَدَ" in Iraqi Arabic means to "loot", esp. in times of war and chaos. "فَرهود" is the noun.
1 hr
agree  MElHelw: Also note that "looting and pillage" are used collectively a lot 20,700 entries in google.
2 hrs
agree  Ahmed Reffat
3 days 6 hrs
agree  zax
5 days
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
فرهود
loot


Explanation:
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Spring2007 (X)
Local time: 06:14
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 8
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ArabicSoft: The verb "فَرهَدَ" in Iraqi Arabic means to "loot", esp. in times of war and chaos. "فَرهود" is the noun.
1 hr
agree  Aisha Maniar: "looting" definitely has connotations of lawlessness and anarchy
2 hrs
agree  MElHelw: Also note that "looting and pillage" are used collectively a lot 20,700 entries in google.
2 hrs
agree  Arabicstart
7 hrs
agree  Asghar Bhatti
22 hrs
agree  Mustafa Fadhel: that's the answer.
3 days 1 hr
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
فرهود
marauding


Explanation:
It's just another version of translation. I agree with previous.

Alexander Yeltsov
Local time: 07:14
Native speaker of: Russian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  zax
4 days
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