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Arabic translation: قبلة هوائية/قبلة طائرة

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:a blown kiss
Arabic translation:قبلة هوائية/قبلة طائرة
Entered by: Mohamed Abdel-Moneim

12:22 Jan 5, 2010
English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Linguistics
English term or phrase: kiss
blow a kiss/throw a kiss
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ارسال قبلة هوائية
رمي قبلة هوائية

كيف تسمي هذا نوع القبلة بالعربية
حسب ما عرفته هو "قبلة هوائية"...هل هناك تسمية أخرى؟

شكرا لكم
lhcm
Local time: 18:36
قبلة هوائية
Explanation:
إرسال قبلة هوائية


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Note added at 12 mins (2010-01-05 12:35:30 GMT)
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I don't think so. However, you can wait so that any of our colleagues could provide a better suggestion. Taheyati
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Mohamed Abdel-Moneim
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 14:36
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Summary of answers provided
3 +7أرسل قبله في الهواء
Dr. Mohamed Elkhateeb
4 +1قبلة هوائية
Mohamed Abdel-Moneim
5قبلة
Mohamed Zaggar


Discussion entries: 15





  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
قبلة هوائية


Explanation:
إرسال قبلة هوائية


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Note added at 12 mins (2010-01-05 12:35:30 GMT)
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I don't think so. However, you can wait so that any of our colleagues could provide a better suggestion. Taheyati


    Reference: http://www.al-akhbar.com/ar/node/144542
Mohamed Abdel-Moneim
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 14:36
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: thank you! Br. Mohamed, is there any expression apart from the one suggested?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lamis Maalouf: لا أرى ضيراً في هذا الاقتراح فنحن نقول "قطار هوائي" و "طائرة مروحيّة" و"دراجة ناريّة" والصفات جميعها تدلّ على طريقة الحركة http://www.alqabas-kw.com/default.aspx?date=18102008, http://syriagate.com/nihadsirees/jaridah/saratan1.htm
4 hrs
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +7
أرسل قبله في الهواء


Explanation:
أرسل قبله في الهواء

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Note added at 12 mins (2010-01-05 12:35:08 GMT)
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http://www.google.com.eg/search?hl=ar&source=hp&q=أرسل قبلة ...

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Note added at 13 mins (2010-01-05 12:35:59 GMT)
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قبلة في الهواء أو قبلة على الهواء


Dr. Mohamed Elkhateeb
Egypt
Local time: 12:36
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 12
Notes to answerer
Asker: thanks! Br. Mohamed. What I want to know is how you call that kind of kiss. not how you say "throw a kiss". THanks


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Mohamed Abdel-Moneim: فقط ملاحظة عابرة، قبلة بالتاء المربوطة وليس بالهاء. تحياتي
4 mins
  -> شكرا على التوضيح
agree  Noha Kamal, PhD.
14 mins
  -> thank you very much
agree  ELSAID ABDELHAMID: أرسل قبلة فى الهواء (هكذا نقولها بالعربية)
58 mins
  -> thank you very much
agree  Mohamed Kamel
1 hr
  -> thank you very much
agree  Lamis Maalouf: صحيح في حال تغيير الهاء إلى تاء مربوطة كما أشار محمد عبد المنعم وإلا يتغيّر عدد القبلات He blew his kisses!
4 hrs
  -> thank you very much
agree  Zeinab Asfour
8 hrs
  -> thank you very much
agree  elsayed fayed
9 hrs
  -> thank you very much
agree  sarax999
18 hrs
  -> thank you very much
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
قبلة


Explanation:
This is not a type of kiss it is simply a normal kiss that is thrown towards someone from a certain distance (see Longman definition below).

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Note added at 34 mins (2010-01-05 12:56:54 GMT)
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

blow sb a kiss
to kiss your hand and then pretend to blow the kiss towards someone
　"She leant out of the window and blew him a kiss."

Example sentence(s):
  • 　"She leant out of the window and blew him a kiss."
Mohamed Zaggar
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 14:36
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: thanks! Another Br. Mohamed. we have three Br. Mohamed here. Welcome to our topic.

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